Online Training for Healthcare Professionals: a Possible Strategy for Prevention of Burnout

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Burnout

• Registration Number: NCT05306171
• Lead Sponsor: University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Brief Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effects of online training on self-esteem and occupational stress of healthcare professionals, in order to evaluate the potential of this intervention as a preventive measure to Burnout syndrome. The study will be developed in three phases,the first being the period of one week before the intervention(t0), when instruments will be first applied.The second phase corresponds to intervention period, when the instruments will be reapplied after the second (t1), third (t2) and fourth (t3) training intervention. The third phase corresponds to the follow up (t4-t8), when all instruments used in the second phase will be reapplied in 2 months (t4), 4 months (t5), 6 months (t6), 8 months (t7) and 12 months (t8) after the end of the intervention.

The sample will consist of 100 health professionals randomized into two groups (50 in each group): intervention group (I), formed by those who will participate in the online training and control group (C), formed by those who will receive the intervention after research is finished.

The hypotheses are: the online training will have greater effect on the increase of self-esteem, and will be identified in health professionals: low levels of global self-esteem, high levels of occupational stress and average levels of burnout.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Study Start: 2022-03-10
• Study First Submitted: 2022-03-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-03-22
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-22
• Study First Posted: 2022-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-31
• Primary Completion: 2023-07
• Study Completion: 2023-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 100

Inclusion Criteria

• Health professionals who work at University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
• Agree and sign the Inform Consent Form.

Exclusion Criteria

• Those who, one week before training, presents anxiety and depressive symptoms (GAD ≥ 14 e/ou PHQ ≥ 14)
• in psychotherapy during data collection;
• diagnosed with Burnout syndrome.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Burnout	Through study completion, an average of 1 year and 4 months	Assessed by the instrument Copenhagen Burnout Inventory(CBI)
Self esteem	Through study completion, an average of 1 year and 4 months	Assessed by the instrument Rosenberg Self Esteem Scale(RSES)
Occupational Stress	Through study completion, an average of 1 year and 4 months	Assessed by the instrument Stress Questionnaire for Health Professionals (SQHP)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depression	Through study completion, an average of 1 year and 4 months	Assessed by the instrument Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9)
Anxiety	Through study completion, an average of 1 year and 4 months	Assessed by the instrument Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7)
Covid-19 impact	Through study completion, an average of 1 year and 4 months	Assessed by the instrument Impact of Event Scale - Revised (IES -Rs)
Improvement in general health after entering the study.	Through study completion, an average of 1 year and 2 months	Assessed by the instrument Patient Global Improvement Change Scale (PGIC)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Heart Institute of the Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo Medical School; 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil