Psychological Intervention on Burnout in ICU Caregivers: a Randomised Controlled Study
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Burnout
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Geneva
- Enrollment
- 166
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Measurement of the changes in the levels of anxiety, depression, and burnout in nurses and nursing auxiliaries.
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 12 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
ICU caregivers face up to a demanding job with a high level of technical skills, a stressful environment, and a heavy work load. They run a high risk of developing burnout that can impact on their welfare, performance, and patient care. Burnout favours absenteeism and staff quitting their jobs, whereas the shortage of ICU caregivers already started. No randomised controlled intervention aimed at reducing such distresses had been run until now.
This study allowed finding a new method of psychological support applicable in the special environment of ICU. Our findings suggest that psychologists specifically assigned to treat ICU caregivers might be beneficial on their burnout.
Investigators
Pr. Bara RICOU
Professor
University Hospital, Geneva
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •all ICU caregivers rrom the University Hospital of Geneva
Exclusion Criteria
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Measurement of the changes in the levels of anxiety, depression, and burnout in nurses and nursing auxiliaries.
Time Frame: At the beginning , at the end and 6 months after the end of the intervention.
Anxiety (HA) and depression (HD) were identified by the validated French version of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), which is composed of 14 items, self-rated using a 4-point Likert scale (0 to 3). The sub-scale scores of anxiety and depression range respectively from 0 to 7 (no distress), 8 to 10 (borderline), 11 to 15 (significant) and 16 to 21 (severe distress). Burnout was evaluated using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) in its Fontaine French version; it is composed of 22 questions on a 7-point Likert scale (0 to 6). This tool measures the 3 dimensions of burnout independently: emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and personal accomplishment. Scores of ≥ 27, ≥ 10, or ≤33 respectively for the 3 dimensions, can be a sign of burnout. A severe burnout can also be defined as the cumulated score of MBI of \> -9.
Secondary Outcomes
- Composite measurement of the changes of ICU activity and absenteeism before, during, just after and six months after the intervention.(4 three-months time periods (cf. Description).)