Healthy Ageing in the Care Profession (GAP) - Development and Evaluation of an intervention module for the promotion of successful Ageing at work

Healthy Ageing in the Care Profession (GAP) - Development and Evaluation of an intervention module for the promotion of successful Ageing at work - SEEGEN

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00013482

Enrollment

1800

Registered

2018-03-09

Start date

2018-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-04-07

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Conditions

Aging in the nursing profession. Increasing work-related stress in the nursing profession with increased "intention o leave (ITL)". Preservation and promotion of the employability of nursing staff in advanced working age Development of personal behavioural health skills

Interventions

Group 1: Intervention group: participation in the intervention programme with exploration of professional biography, awareness and relaxation training, SOK modules. Six sessions of 120 minutes each ar

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to 67 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria for the study are: (a) actively pursuing the nursing profession with direct patient contact; or (b) no active exercise of a management function in a group which includes the group of persons referred to in (a) above (station manager, nursing staff) and (for all mentioned groups), written consent, sufficient German language skills. The intervention should be explicitly offered to all caregivers in order to avoid stigmatisation. Screening with subsequent inclusion of a so-called high-risk group would lead to stigmatisation of these persons, which should be avoided.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Exclusion criteria are current incapacity for work or long-term incapacity for work, cognitive impairments, as well as serious physical and psychiatric illnesses or emotional stress, which do not allow participation in the study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary objective is the development, piloting and (process) evaluation of an intervention module to promote a constructive approach to ageing in the nursing profession. The overriding aim of intervention is to ensure that people remain in the nursing profession for a longer period of time. Against the background of a theory of successful ageing (selection, optimisation and compensation), an intervention that was evaluated in a previous project will be thematically modified and supplemented by elements of relationship prevention. Overarching goals are: Improvement of well-being, modification of age stereotypes, promotion of remaining in the nursing profession. The parameters are quantified using the following instruments at the beginning (T1, "initial analysis") and at T2 (7 weeks after T1) and T3 (14 weeks after T1): SF-12 (Ware, Kosinski, & Keller, 1996), PHQ-4 (Löwe et al., 2010), WHO-5 (Krieger et al., 2014), PROQOL (Stamm, 2009). MAAS (Michalak, Heidenreich, Ströhler et al, 2008), COPSOQ (Nübling, Stößel, Hasselhorn, Michaelis, & Hofmann, 2005), Psychological contracts from PSYCONES (Mohr, Müller, Rigotti, Aycan, & Tschan, 2006), Irritation scale (for mental stress through work) (Mohr, Rigotti, & Müller, 2005), ERI-S (Siegrist, Wege, Puhlhofer, & Wahrendorf, 2009), ITL as single-item query (6-step Likert scale from 1-6 based on the NEXT study) "How often in the course of the last 4 weeks have you thought of giving up your nursing profession and starting another professional activity? (Camerino, 2006), Workability WAI (H. M. Hasselhorn & Freund, 2007), Assessment of work until retirement (Liebermann, Wegge, & Müller, 2013), Age stereotypes in different areas of life (Kluge, 2006; Hassell & Perrewe, 1995).	—

Measure

Time frame

The primary objective is the development, piloting and (process) evaluation of an intervention module to promote a constructive approach to ageing in the nursing profession. The overriding aim of intervention is to ensure that people remain in the nursing profession for a longer period of time. Against the background of a theory of successful ageing (selection, optimisation and compensation), an intervention that was evaluated in a previous project will be thematically modified and supplemented by elements of relationship prevention. Overarching goals are: Improvement of well-being, modification of age stereotypes, promotion of remaining in the nursing profession. The parameters are quantified using the following instruments at the beginning (T1, "initial analysis") and at T2 (7 weeks after T1) and T3 (14 weeks after T1): SF-12 (Ware, Kosinski, & Keller, 1996), PHQ-4 (Löwe et al., 2010), WHO-5 (Krieger et al., 2014), PROQOL (Stamm, 2009). MAAS (Michalak, Heidenreich, Ströhler et al, 2008), COPSOQ (Nübling, Stößel, Hasselhorn, Michaelis, & Hofmann, 2005), Psychological contracts from PSYCONES (Mohr, Müller, Rigotti, Aycan, & Tschan, 2006), Irritation scale (for mental stress through work) (Mohr, Rigotti, & Müller, 2005), ERI-S (Siegrist, Wege, Puhlhofer, & Wahrendorf, 2009), ITL as single-item query (6-step Likert scale from 1-6 based on the NEXT study) "How often in the course of the last 4 weeks have you thought of giving up your nursing profession and starting another professional activity? (Camerino, 2006), Workability WAI (H. M. Hasselhorn & Freund, 2007), Assessment of work until retirement (Liebermann, Wegge, & Müller, 2013), Age stereotypes in different areas of life (Kluge, 2006; Hassell & Perrewe, 1995).

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Countries

Germany

Contacts

Public ContactImad Maatouk

Klinik für Allgemeine Innere Medizin und Psychosomatik,Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Imad.Maatouk@med.uni-heidelberg.de+49 (0)6221 56-37585

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026