The Burnout Syndrome in Emergency Department Triage Nurses

Sindromul de Burnout la asistenții Medicali de Triaj Din unitățile de Primire urgențe

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03110536

Acronym

BurN_ED

Enrollment

Registered

2017-04-12

Start date

2017-04-15

Completion date

2017-09-30

Last updated

2018-08-07

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Conditions

Burnout, Professional, Nurse's Role

Keywords

Burnout syndrome, Triage, Nurse, Emergency Department, Romania

Brief summary

Assessment of burnout syndrome of triage nurses from Emergency Departments from Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Detailed description

This study is aiming at assessing the burnout syndrome amongst triage nurses working in the Emergency Departments in Cluj-Napoca. The study design is observational, prospective and multicentric. At this moment, there are 43 nurses covering triage shifts in the Emergency Clincial County Hospital Cluj and 18 more within Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children Cluj-Napoca. On average, these ED roughly attend 90.000 patients yearly. Questionnaires are based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, with additional clinical cases that require triage coding according to The Romanian National Triage Protocol of 2016. Each triage nurse will complete the questionnaire when beginning the triage shift and after a period of 2, 4 or 6 hours.

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TESTCopenhagen Burnout Inventory

A questionnaire based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory will be completed by each participant to the study, at the beginning of the triage shift and after 2, 4 or 6 hours. The questionnaire also contains clinical cases that require triage coding.

OTHERTriage scoring efficacy

The triage scores of the first 5 and the last 5 cases assessed by the investigated nurse will be compared with the triage codes of an expert evaluator (nurse involved in designing The National triage Protocol).

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* ED nurse within Emergency Clinical County Hospital Cluj and Emergency Clinic Hospital for Children Cluj-Napoca.

Exclusion criteria

* triage experience of at least 1 year

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Assessment of burnout syndrome in triage ED nurses	2 to 6 hours	Copenhagen Burnout Inventory

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Efficacy of triage ED nurses	2 to 6 hours	The triage scores of the first 5 and the last 5 cases assessed by the investigated nurse will be compared with the diagnostic codes of the physicians who treated those patients.

Countries

Romania

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026