Burnout and Approach to Bereavement Initiatives in a Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Burnout, Professional
• Interventions: Diagnostic Test: Survey

• Registration Number: NCT03398460
• Lead Sponsor: NYU Langone Health

Brief Summary

Given the stress, exhaustion and close interface with death that Intensive Care Unit (ICU) health care providers face, this study will evaluate burnout rates in intensive care unit (icu) physicians, nurses and ancillary staff. Investigators will also study the effect on a bereavement card on these burnout rates

Detailed Description

This study will evaluate:

1. Burnout rates among nurses and ancillary staff with the Abbreviated Maslach burnout inventory. This is a well validated tool that is used to evaluate symptoms of burnout such as denationalization, emotional exhaustion and lack of personal accomplishment.

2. Burnout rates at the beginning of and at the end of the house staff's ICU rotation to gauge the effect of an ICU rotation on burnout rates amon medical trainees.

3. Determine whether the introduction of a bereavement card will improve symptoms of burnout as gauged by the abbreviated maslach burnout inventory

4. Staff perceptions and response to the introduction of a bereavement

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-01-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-01-08
• Study First Posted: 2018-01-12
• Study Start: 2018-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2018-08-20
• Study Completion: 2018-08-20
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-06-04
• Last Update Posted: 2020-06-05

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Health care providers who work in the Bellevue Hospital Medical ICU

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Exclusion Criteria

• NA

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Health Care Providers	Survey	Bellevue hospital Medical Intensive Care Unit; 30 Nurses and 50 physcians

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Burnout rate before introduction of bereavement card	1 Year	Measured by "Staff Response Questionnaire"
Burnout rates before ICU rotation for physicians	1 Year	Measured by "Staff Response Questionnaire"
Burnout rates after an ICU rotation for physicians	1 Year	Measured by "Staff Response Questionnaire"
Burnout rate after introduction after introduction of bereavement card	1 Year	Measured by "Staff Response Questionnaire"

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

New York University School of Medicine; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States