An Exploratory Study Examining Use of the Oxygen for Caregivers® Program
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- OSF Healthcare System
- Enrollment
- 11
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Brief Resilience Scale
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate an educational professional development program designed to assist health care professionals in developing self-awareness and self-care choices as a means to avoid compassion fatigue and improve resilience.
Detailed Description
Professional caregivers are at risk of compassion fatigue due to the nature of their work and repeated exposure over time to work-related stressors. Symptoms of compassion fatigue may include decreased concentration/productivity, increased sick days, and high turnover rates which directly effect patient satisfaction and safety. Lack of data that supports this use of program, though anecdotally, it has been endorsed and benefits from its use are described. Quality of patient care, workforce engagement, and financial effects from turnover of staff are viewed as negative impacts from compassion fatigue.
Our study seeks to extend the body of knowledge with regard to use of a particular resilience program that has shown some promise in a small pilot study.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Treatment
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •employment within inpatient or outpatient setting in non-profit healthcare system as a healthcare professional
- •Professional direct caregivers (nurses, physicians, advanced practice providers, social workers, counselors, chaplains, respiratory therapists, pharmacists
Exclusion Criteria
- •actively participating in or plans to participate in any other formalized mindfulness-based stress reduction program during the time period of the study
Arms & Interventions
single
Educational intervention.
Intervention: Educational Intervention (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Brief Resilience Scale
Time Frame: Change from baseline in resilience measure at 1 month and 6 months assessed by BRS scale [ Time Frame: Data collected before the program starts and one month after the end of the program and six months
Resilience will be measured using the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) a 6-item scale developed by Smith et al.(2008).
Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5
Time Frame: Change from baseline compassion satisfaction subscale measure at 1 and 6 months assessed by compassion satisfaction subscale of ProQOL 5 [ Time Frame: Data collected before the program starts and one month after the end of the program and six months
Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5 Compassion Satisfaction Subscale
Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5
Time Frame: Change from baseline compassion fatigue subscale measure at 1 and 6 months assessed by compassion fatigue subscale of ProQOL 5 [ Time Frame: Data collected before the program starts and one month after the end of the program and six months
Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5 Compassion Fatigue Subscale
Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5
Time Frame: Change from baseline burnout subscale measure at 1 and 6 months assessed by burnout subscale of ProQOL 5 [ Time Frame: Data collected before the program starts and one month after the end of the program and six months
Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5 Burnout Subscale
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Colleen J Klein
Education & Research Scientist
OSF Healthcare System