Advanced Practice Provider Intervention Study to Promote Wellness

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Job Stress; Professional Burnout
• Interventions: Behavioral: voluntary consultative wellness session

• Registration Number: NCT05743205
• Lead Sponsor: Colleen J Klein

Brief Summary

This exploratory pilot study is designed as interventional study to examine the efficacy of a wellness initiative that involves use of a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) to assist in the development of diverse coping strategies such as management of stressors, self-care, time management, and any other goals, problems or concerns that APPs would like assistance with during the intervention period.

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to evaluate an educational professional wellness program designed to assist professional clinicians in developing self-awareness and self-care choices as a means to improve engagement and resilience and to avoid/reduce burnout.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-12-21
• Study First Submitted: 2023-02-14
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-02-14
• Study First Posted: 2023-02-24
• Status Verified: 2025-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-04-25
• Last Update Posted: 2025-04-30
• Primary Completion: 2025-12-31
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• employment within non-profit health care setting as a health care professional
• working at least 50% of time in direct patient care
• availability and interest in initial and follow-up wellness visits

Exclusion Criteria

• actively participating in formalized counseling sessions through other services at time of recruitment into the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Educational Intervention	voluntary consultative wellness session	Educational intervention

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The Work and Well-being Survey (UWES)© Engagement Scale	change from baseline engagement measure at 6 months, 1 year and 2 years.	Work engagement is measured using the Utrecht Work and Well-being Survey Engagement instrument (UWES). The minimum value =0 and the maximum value = 54. Mean is used to determine scoring. Higher value indicates greater work engagement.
Advanced Practice Provider Well-being Index	change from baseline well-being measure at 6 months, 1 year and 2 years.	measures the increased probability of distress risk for personal or professional consequences. Minimum value =0 and maximum value =7. Mean and standard deviation is computed and compared to normative data.
The Brief Resilience Scale	change from baseline in resilience measure at 6 months, 1 year and 2 years.	The Brief Resilience Scale developed by Smith et al. (2008) is used to measure resilience. Minimum value =6 and maximum value = 30; mean value is used to determine scoring with higher value indicating more resilience.
Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory; The Social Readjustment Rating Scale	change from baseline stress measure at 1 year and 2 years.	The Holmes-Rahe Scale is used to life changes that may impact stress. Minimum values =150 pts or less; maximum values = 300 pts. or more; higher scores indicate higher susceptibility to stress-induced health problems.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

OSF HealthCare System; 🇺🇸 Peoria, Illinois, United States