Clinical trial NCT06853561: Reducing Individual Work Stress in Healthcare Professionals Through Exchange of Job Resources
Official title: Co-work Design: A Structural Approach to Reduce Individual Work Stress in Healthcare Professionals in Hospital Settings
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Conditions: Job Crafting
Keywords: job crafting
work-related well-being
healthcare
nursing
Lead sponsor: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-03-03
Enrollment: 75
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Nurse professionals working in an EU hospital.

Brief summary: The present study focuses on prosocial job crafting as a novel strategy to reduce burnout and foster well-being among nurse professionals. Specifically, we will examine whether prosocial job crafting enhances individual and team-level well-being by increasing own and others' resources.

Detailed description: Below, we provide more information on the study design, study procedure, data collection, data management, and data analysis.

Study Design:

Type: Prospective, longitudinal, observational diary study. Duration: 10 workdays of daily surveys with a baseline survey at the start (Day 0).

Setting: Online survey tool (Castor), accessible via smartphones.

Study Procedure:

Day 0 - Baseline Survey: Collects demographic data and job-related information.

Days 1-10 - Daily Surveys:

Workday Verification: Confirmation of work on that day.

In addition to the outcomes listed under primary and secondary outcome measures, daily surveys will include measures of:

Prosocial Job Crafting: 12 items adapted to measure crafting behaviors to benefit other team members, using the Prosocial Job Crafting Measure (PSJCM).

Psychological Capital: 12 items measuring hope, self-efficacy, optimism, and resilience, using a shortened version of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ).

Day 11 - Post-Study Survey: Summary of results and feedback opportunity.

Data Collection:

Survey Platform: Mobile-friendly (Castor). Questionnaire Format: Self-report measures adapted for daily context.

Data Management:

Anonymity: Participants are assigned anonymous codes for data matching. Confidentiality: Data is securely stored with access only for researchers on the project.

Statistical Analysis:

Multilevel modeling will be used to analyze the nested nature of daily data and relationships between job crafting, resource exchange, and work outcomes.

Eligibility criteria: Eligibility Criteria:

* Employees (nurse professionals) working in a team-based work environment (hospital setting).
* Participants must be able to complete daily surveys in the designated timeframe (end of each workday).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Part-time workers with small contracts (less than 3 days a week) or individuals not engaged in team-based work.
* Participants who do not complete the baseline survey or a minimum of 5 daily surveys.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Burnout
timeFrame: From the start of the study (i.e., at baseline, day 0) to the end of the study (i.e., at day 10).
measure: Work engagement
timeFrame: From start of study (i.e., at baseline, day 0) to end of study (i.e., at day 10).
measure: Flourishing
timeFrame: From the start of the study (i.e., at baseline, day 0) to the end of the study (day 10).
measure: Job Resources Exchange
timeFrame: From the start of the study (i.e., at baseline, day 0) to the end of the study (day 10).
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Workload
timeFrame: From the start of the study (i.e., at baseline, day 0) to end of the study (i.e., day 10).
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rotterdam
country: Netherlands
facility: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Study officials:
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