STRAIN - Work-related Stress Among Health Professionals in Switzerland
- Conditions
- Health Care ProfessionalsWork-Related ConditionStress
- Registration Number
- NCT03508596
- Lead Sponsor
- Sabine Hahn
- 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.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 8112
- Employee within a participating health organization in Switzerland
- Health care professional (nurse, medical-technical medical-therapeutical profession, physician)
- Health professionals without an fixed employment contract
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 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"
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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