Health Care Professionals, Stress, Work-Related Condition
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of this study is to identify work stressors, stress reactions and long-term consequences among nurses, physicians, medical-technical and medical-therapeutic professions in Switzerland and to reduce those factors by an educational intervention for the supervisors.
Detailed description
Methods: This study is a cross-sectional design and randomly selected hospitals, nursing homes and home care organizations. The study sample included nursing staff and midwives, physicians, medical-technical and medical-therapeutic professionals at all hierarchical levels. Data were collected using self-report questionnaires and analysed using multiple regression models.
Interventions
OTHEReducational intervention for the supervisors
The educational intervention is based on a systematic literature review as well as focus-group interviews with health care professionals. It will be developed until the end of 2018
Sponsors
University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland
University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland
Sabine Hahn
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 67 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Employee within a participating health organization in Switzerland * Health care professional (nurse, medical-technical medical-therapeutical profession, physician)
Exclusion criteria
* Health professionals without an fixed employment contract
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| effort reward imbalance model (ERI) | Changes in self reported results of the ERI from t1 to t2 (1 year) | The model defines threatening job conditions as a mismatch between high workload (high demand) and low control over long-term rewards |
Outcome results
None listed