Effects of the Humanitude® Care Methodology on Health Professionals' Perception

Completed

• Conditions: Delivery of Health Care; Education, Medical; Caregiver
• Interventions: Behavioral: Humanitude® Care Methodology (HCM) training sessions; Behavioral: Self-administered questionnaire

• Registration Number: NCT06450249
• Lead Sponsor: Lille Catholic University

Brief Summary

Healthcare professionals providing care for institutionalized older patients must deal with agitated behavior daily. Such behavior alters the patient's quality of life and generates stress for the caregiver. Humanitude® Care Methodology is an alternative to pharmaceutical approaches that has demonstrated benefits on care delivery. The present study aims to investigate the effects of this method on healthcare professionals' perception of competence and emotional state when dealing with difficult care situations.

Detailed Description

This is a retrospective, multicentric, before / after study. Data collected from a self-administered questionnaire to caregivers working in 32 Continuous Care Units before and after participation in Humanitude® Care Methodology training sessions in the Ile-de-France region in France will be analyzed. Data on the participants' perception of their own care competence and their emotional state when confronted with several difficult care situations will be collected. Participants' well-being at work and adhesion to the Humanitude® Care Methodology will be also evaluated.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-12-31
• Study Completion: 2020-06-30
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Study First Submitted: 2024-06-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-06-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-06-04
• Study First Posted: 2024-06-10
• Last Update Posted: 2024-06-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 455

Inclusion Criteria

• Caregivers taken part in a Humanitude® training course
• Caregivers agreeing to complete pre- and post-training questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria

• Caregiver not completing the questionnaire at one of the 2 stages of the assessment (before or after)

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Healthcare professionals	Self-administered questionnaire	Healthcare professionals working in Continuous Care Units before and after participation in Humanitude® Care Methodology (HCM) training sessions in the Ile-de-France region in France
Healthcare professionals	Humanitude® Care Methodology (HCM) training sessions	Healthcare professionals working in Continuous Care Units before and after participation in Humanitude® Care Methodology (HCM) training sessions in the Ile-de-France region in France

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
4-point scale for evaluation of Caregivers' feelings	5 days	Caregivers are asked to comment on their feelings, on a 4-point scale (anxiety; apprehension; serenity; pleasure) when they enter in a resident's room before and after the training.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Scale for evaluation of caregivers' degree of pleasure in coming to work	5 days	The degree of pleasure in coming to work is assessed on a scale from 0 (not at all) to 10 (a lot).
3-point scale for evaluation of caregivers' trust in their colleagues	5 days	The degree of trust which caregivers place in their colleagues on a daily basis is assessed on a 3-point scale : no; it's not always up to me; yes).
4-point scale for evaluation of caregivers'competence	5 days	To collect caregivers' feelings of competence, they are asked to give their opinion on how capable they felt of looking after a resident, on a 4-point scale (not at all capable; not very capable; capable; very capable) when they entered the room of a resident

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

GHICL; 🇫🇷 Lille, Nord, France

Groupement des Hôpitaux de l'Institut Catholique de Lille; 🇫🇷 Lille, France