STRAIN - Work-related Stress Among Health Professionals in Switzerland

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Health Care Professionals; Work-Related Condition; Stress
• Interventions: Other: educational intervention for the supervisors

• 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.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-01
• Study First Submitted: 2018-03-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-04-24
• Study First Posted: 2018-04-26
• Primary Completion: 2018-06
• Study Completion: 2019-12
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-14
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-16

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8112

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention	educational intervention for the supervisors	Intervention group (IG) An educational intervention for the supervisors

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"