Joy in Work, Resilience Capacity, and Patient Safety Culture Among Healthcare Professionals In-hospital

Recruiting

• Conditions: No Condition is the Focus of the Study

• Registration Number: NCT06710730
• Lead Sponsor: Oslo University Hospital

Brief Summary

In this project, the investigators will investigate three important factors to optimize working conditions and patient safety: Joy in Work, Resilience Capacity, and Patient safety culture using both questionnaires and focus group interviews.

Detailed Description

Already in 2021, the Norwegian Patient Safety Conference 'In Safe Hands 24-7' focused on adaptability: "How can health care professionals learn from what goes well?" Working to be excellent, identifying areas for improvement, and succeeding in a continuous improvement process. A solid patient safety culture requires competent and adaptable health care professionals, leaders, and health care systems. Joy in work is the experiential factor that revolves around opportunities for personal development, influencing one's own work, having individual contributions valued, and feeling like a meaningful part of the community.

This project spans three years-before (2024), during (2025), and after (2026) the physical co-location of Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Oslo university hospital. Four-hundred (n=400) health care professionals are working at Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Norway and are eligible to be included in the study.

Health care professionals view of Joy in Work, Resilience Capacity, and Patient safety culture will be described using three international questionnaires. It is within the scope of the study to perform sub-analysis due to sub-categories of the questionnaires. Analysis across the questionnaires will be performed.

Furthermore, the three terms Joy in Work, Resilience Capacity, and Patient safety culture will be explored by approximately 10 % of the four-hundred (n=40) health care professionals in 5-6 focus group interviews, in 2024, 2025 and 2026..

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2024-11
• Study First Submitted: 2024-11-22
• Study Start: 2024-11-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-11-26
• Study First Posted: 2024-11-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-26
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-03
• Primary Completion: 2027-03-25
• Study Completion: 2027-03-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

• Health care professionals working at Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Exclusion Criteria

• Not able to understand the Norwegian questionnaires

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Describe Joy in Work among health care professionals at Department of Cardiothoracic surgery	December 2024, 2025 and 2026	Health care professionals working at Department of Cardiothoracic surgery in November/December 2024-2026 will be invited to participate in the longitudinal 3-year study.; Sub analysis will be performed for sub scales/sub-themes of the questionnaires: Joy of Work (39 questions); This descriptive study is categorized as anonymous by the hospitals Data Protection Officer. Electronic web based questionnaire will be forwarded to all health care professionals at Department of Cardiothoracic surgery

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Describe Resilience Capacity among health care professionals at Department of Cardiothoracic surgery	November/December 2024-2026	Health care professionals working at Department of Cardiothoracic surgery in November/December 2024-2026 will be invited to participate in the longitudinal 3-year study.; Sub analysis will be performed for sub scales/sub-themes of the questionnaire Resilience Capacity (33 questions)
Describe Patient Safety Culture among health care professionals at Department of Cardiothoracic surgery	November/December 2024-2026	Health care professionals working at Department of Cardiothoracic surgery in November/December 2024-2026 will be invited to participate in the longitudinal 3-year study. Sub analysis will be performed for sub scales/sub-themes of the questionnaire Patients safety culture (HSOPS 2.0) (36 questions)

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Oslo University Hospital; 🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway

Department of Cardiothoracic surgery, Division on Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Diseases, Oslo University hospital; 🇳🇴 Oslo, Norway