The Effect of Motivational Messages on Optimism, Hopelessness and Life Satisfaction

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Motivation; Hopelessness; Life Satisfaction; Optimism
• Interventions: Other: Motivational messages

• Registration Number: NCT04751474
• Lead Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Brief Summary

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected global health systems and required healthcare professionals to show high performance. In this process, the mental health of intensive care nurses, who undertake the biggest burden in health systems, is negatively affected by the high working hours and patient care burden during the pandemic. When the literature is reviewed, pessimistic thinking, feeling hopeless and not enjoying life at more exacerbated levels can be observed in intensive care nurses. It is concluded that studies are needed to increase the motivation of intensive care nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic.In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the effect of motivational messages on optimism, hopelessness and life satisfaction of intensive care nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-02-01
• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-02-08
• Study First Posted: 2021-02-12
• Primary Completion: 2021-03-01
• Study Completion: 2021-03-31
• Status Verified: 2021-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-04-18
• Last Update Posted: 2021-04-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 93

Inclusion Criteria

• agreeing to participate in the study
• being a nurse
• working in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Exclusion Criteria

• underfilling or not fill out forms and scales

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Motivational messages	Motivational messages	Participants in the motivational group were sent to motivational messages to their mobile phones for 21 days.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Optimistic level assessed by the Life Orientation Test	21 days after from baseline	The primary endpoint of this study was the difference between groups in terms of Life Orientation Test scores 21 days after. The scale consists of a total of 10 items. The range of scores obtained from the scale varies between 6-30 points. Low scores indicate pessimism, while high scores indicate optimism.
Hopelessness level assessed by the Beck Hopelessness Scale	21 days after from baseline	The primary endpoint of this study was the difference between groups in terms of Beck Hopelessness Scale scores 21 days after. The scale consists of a total of 20 items..The range of scores obtained from the scale varies between 0-20 points. High scores indicate that the level of hopelessness is also high.
Life satisfaction assessed by the Satisfaction with Life Scale	21 days after from baseline	The primary endpoint of this study was the difference between groups in terms of Satisfaction with Life Scale scores 21 days after. The scale consists of a total of 5 items.The range of scores obtained from the scale varies between 5-25 points. As the total score obtained from the scale increases, life satisfaction level also increases.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Elif Gezginci; 🇹🇷 Istanbul, Turkey