Clinical trial NCT06406361: The Effect of Online Stress Management Program on Nurses' Individual Workload Perception, and Stress
Official title: The Effect of an Online Stres Management Program on the Individual Workload Perception and Stress of Nurses: A Non-randomized Quasi-experimental Design Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Stress Management
Stress
Nursing
Keywords: stress management program
individual workload perception
stress
nursing
Lead sponsor: Amasya University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-05-09
Enrollment: 42
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: a pretest-posttest control group design
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Negative workload perception and stress are very important issues in occupational health. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of Online Stress Management (OSM) program on nurses' individual workload perception, and stress. The study included 90 nurses who met the inclusion criteria and signed the informed consent form. In the study, 45 nurses were allocated to the experimental group and 45 nurses were allocated to the control group. Due to the intensive working conditions of the nurses, staff shortages, workload, and restrictions such as shift work, participants could not be randomly assigned to the groups. Nurses who agreed to participate in the OSM program were voluntarily assigned to the experimental group, and those who did not want to participate were assigned to the control group.

Detailed description: Introduction: The feeling of stress and individual workload perception are an uncomfortable situation for individuals, are important factors that affect the physical and mental health and quality of life of health professional. Perception of workload and stress, which are basic elements in the field of occupational health, are important factors in coping with problems arising from working conditions and increasing the efficiency of work. Increased individual workload perception and stress are quite common, especially in nurses with intense working conditions.

Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of stress management training on nurses' individual workload perception and stress using a non-randomized, waiting list comparison design.

Methods: The analyses included a total of 86 nurses (experimental group n = 42 and control group n = 44). A total of six-sessions of OSM program were applied to the experimental group, consisting of 40-50 minutes and one sessions per week. Data were collected using the 'Participant Information Form', 'Nurse Stress Scale' (NSS) and 'Individual Workload Perception Scale' (IWPS). Time and group changes in stress, and individual workload perception were computed using a repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) model was used to test the between-group differences from baseline to six weeks.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* being a nurse
* were working in the institution at the time of the study;
* not have visual or hearing disorders;
* not have any diagnosed chronic disease that potentially
* prevented participation in the study; did not have a mental health problem;
* agreed to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* have a known physical or neurological disease
* not working in the institution at the time of the study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Nurse Stress Scale
timeFrame: at the end of the 1 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Individual Workload Perception Scale
timeFrame: at the end of the 1 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Amasya
country: Turkey
facility: Amasya University Faculty of Health Sciences
Study officials:
affiliation: Manisa Celâl Bayar University
name: nihan yalciner durgu, PhD
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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