Clinical trial NCT03908554: The Effects of "Workplace Health Promotion Program" on Pain, Fatigue, Stress in Nurses
Official title: The Effects of "Workplace Health Promotion Program" on Pain, Fatigue, Stress in Nurses: A Randomize Controlled Trail and One-Year Follow-up
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Nurses
Work-Related Stress Disorder
Pain
Fatigue
Keywords: coping skill
quality of life
pain
fatigue
Workplace Health Promotion Program
Lead sponsor: Hacettepe University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-04-09
Enrollment: 30
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: The WHPP was applied to the intervention group in the workplace for two times a week for five weeks. During the first 5 minutes of the session, breathing exercises, 20 minutes, PMR and 10 minutes, posture exercises were performed. PMR has progressed gradually to every session. The program is under control with a follow-up chart of what the participants do every day, and the participants were supported with various reminders (i.e., graphical leaflets on PMR techniques which also can be used as a guide while practicing at home). Participants of the control group rested in a room for 40 minutes and were told that they could read every session.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: Pain, fatigue, and stress lead to decrease on their work performance with biopsychosocial functioning disorders on nurses. This study was conducted to examine the effects of the "Workplace Health Promotion Program" (WHPP) on pain, fatigue, stress, professional quality of life (Pro-QoL) and coping skills for nurses.

Detailed description: The investigators conducted a randomized control trail in 30 nurses admitted to their Hospital. Progressive relaxation training, posture and breath exercises and ergonomic suggestion as a WHPP was applied to the intervention group (n=15) during the five weeks. Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to determine the pain, fatigue and stress levels of the nurses. Brief COPE and the Professional Quality of Life Scale, Version 4 (Pro-QoL) were used to evaluate the coping skills and quality of life. The evaluations were performed three times on all the participants as; before and after training and the one-year follow-up.

Inclusion criteria of this study were working actively and at least 40 hours working in a week. Participants who have psychiatric illnesses with or without medication, prior training or current use of relaxation therapy and participants without consent were excluded.

Eighty nurses aged between 18 and 65, working in a hospital have been informed about the study. Forty-three nurses who met the criteria and signed consent forms were included in this study. WHPP was PMR training, posture and breath exercises, and ergonomic suggestions.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Working actively and at least 40 hours working in a week,
* Working as a nurse.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Have psychiatric illnesses with or without medication,
* Have prior training or current use of relaxation therapy and participants without consent.

Primary outcomes:
measure: The Professional Quality of Life Scale, Version 4 (ProQoL):
timeFrame: Change from Baseline to after 5 weeks and at a year
measure: Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (Brief COPE):
timeFrame: Change from Baseline to after 5 weeks and at a year
measure: Visual Analog Scale (VAS)
timeFrame: Change from Baseline to after 5 weeks and at a year
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