Magnet4Europe - Improving mental health and wellbeing in the health care workplace

Not Applicable

• Conditions: The impact of organizational redesign of acute care hospitals according to the Magnet© principles of organizational redesign on mental health and wellbeing of health professionals; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10196901
• Lead Sponsor: KU Leuven

Brief Summary

2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35902190/ (added 29/07/2022) 2024 Interim results article in https://doi.org/10.1186/s12960-023-00886-6 (added 16/01/2024)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-04-10
• Last Update Posted: 29 January 2024
• Study Completion: 2024-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10253

Inclusion Criteria

Hospitals:
1. No Magnet© designation by the American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) has been acquired in the past or at the time of the start of the intervention
2.Bed size greater or equal to 150
3. The hospital is focused on acute care for adults, including at least wards on internal medicine and/or surgery

Health professionals:
1. They have direct patient contact
2. Meet the minimum qualifications as stipulated by Directive 2013/55/EU amending Directive 2005/35/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications
3. Work on adult inpatient units including intensive care units (ICU) and the emergency room (ER)

Exclusion Criteria

Hospitals:
1. Highly specialized hospitals, e.g. psychiatric hospitals, tropical medicines or pediatrics

Health professionals:
1. Working in neonatology, pediatrics, obstetrics, psychiatry, operating room, pathology, microbiology, radiology and medical imaging

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Burnout measured among nurses and physicians using the validated Emotional Exhaustion subscale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (9-items) and the Burnout Assessment Tool (12-items). Burnout is measured at every measurement occasion, i.e. at month 9, 17, 29 and 41 in the intervention group and the wait-list control group.