Swiss Cohort of Health Professionals and Informal Caregivers

Recruiting

• Conditions: Informal Caregiver; Healthcare Professional

• Registration Number: NCT05571488
• Lead Sponsor: Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Brief Summary

The healthcare system is continuously evolving to adapt to the population's needs, both in terms of healthcare practices, and in financial and organizational aspects. The current COVID-19 pandemic has added additional pressure to the healthcare system and shown its limits in terms of preparedness. It has also shown once again that both healthcare professionals (HCPs) and informal caregivers (ICs) play a central role for the functioning of the healthcare system.

An increasing number of studies are alerting on HCPs' situation, regarding their physical and mental health (e.g. emotional exhaustion, professional well-being) on the one hand, and the functioning of the healthcare system (e.g. absenteeism, turnover, career change) on the other hand.

Besides healthcare professionals, ICs, defined as individuals providing non-professional care on a regular basis to people in need of care, play an important role in fulfilling the daily needs of the most vulnerable individuals. While doing the latter, caring for others has shown to have negative impact on the ICs' life, in terms of health-related implications, psychological burden, quality of life, etc. Despite being increasingly recognized as having a key role in the provision of care, they have only been limitedly considered in studies on healthcare professionals.

In that context, the investigators develop SCOHPICA project, the Swiss cohort of healthcare professionals and informal caregivers, which is an open prospective national cohort using a concurrent embedded mixed method design. This project targets all types of HCPs and ICs, and will investigate determinants of intent to stay and well-being according to participants' trajectories.

As the ICs' study launch is planned in 2024, in depth details of this part of the project will be added to the registration once this part of the study will be definitely planned.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2022-09-23
• Study Start: 2022-10-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-06
• Study First Posted: 2022-10-07
• Status Verified: 2023-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-12-18
• Last Update Posted: 2023-12-22
• Primary Completion: 2026-01-31
• Study Completion: 2026-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 1500

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Professional trajectories (HCPs), constructed from socio-professional variables [1]	At baseline	Professional trajectories will be formulated based on socio-professional information (current and past occupation, education, work setting, career continuity, part-time contracts). Clustering procedures will be used to group healthcare professionals with similar trajectories, building thus a typology of professional trajectories in the Swiss health workforce.
Intention to leave the profession/position/health sector (HCPs) [2]	1 year after the baseline	Assessed using three questions: within next 5 years ...1) intent to leave the profession, 2) intent to leave the current position and 3) intent to leave the health sector
Intention to stay in the profession/position (HCPs) [3]	2 years after the baseline	Assessed using two questions: 1) intent to stay in the profession and 2) intent to stay in the current position
Intention to stay in the profession/position (HCPs) [5]	4 years after the baseline	Assessed using two questions: 1) intent to stay in the profession and 2) intent to stay in the current position
Well-being (HCPs) [2]	1 year after the baseline	Assessed using the10 items of the Flourish Index (FI). FI score can range from 0 (lowest response category for the 10 items) to 10 (highest response category for the 10 items). High scores imply that respondents perceive themselves very positively in terms of human flourishing.
Well-being (HCPs) [3]	2 years after the baseline	Assessed using the10 items of the Flourish Index (FI). FI score can range from 0 (lowest response category for the 10 items) to 10 (highest response category for the 10 items). High scores imply that respondents perceive themselves very positively in terms of human flourishing.
Intention to stay in the profession/position (HCPs) [2]	1 year after the baseline	Assessed using two questions: 1) intent to stay in the profession and 2) intent to stay in the current position
Well-being (HCPs) [4]	3 years after the baseline	Assessed using the10 items of the Flourish Index (FI). FI score can range from 0 (lowest response category for the 10 items) to 10 (highest response category for the 10 items). High scores imply that respondents perceive themselves very positively in terms of human flourishing.
Professional trajectories (HCPs), constructed from socio-professional variables [3]	2 years after the baseline	Follow-up data will be used to complement the professional trajectories constructed on baseline socio-professional information. Changes in the variables which form the trajectories will be assessed and new typologies will be derived from the enhanced trajectories.
Professional trajectories (HCPs), constructed from socio-professional variables [4]	3 years after the baseline	Follow-up data will be used to complement the professional trajectories constructed on baseline socio-professional information. Changes in the variables which form the trajectories will be assessed and new typologies will be derived from the enhanced trajectories.
Professional trajectories (HCPs), constructed from socio-professional variables [5]	4 years after the baseline	Follow-up data will be used to complement the professional trajectories constructed on baseline socio-professional information. Changes in the variables which form the trajectories will be assessed and new typologies will be derived from the enhanced trajectories.
Intention to stay in the profession/position (HCPs) [1]	At baseline	Assessed using two questions: 1) intent to stay in the profession and 2) intent to stay in the current position
Intention to leave the profession/position/health sector (HCPs) [3]	2 years after the baseline	Assessed using three questions: within next 5 years ...1) intent to leave the profession, 2) intent to leave the current position and 3) intent to leave the health sector
Intention to leave the profession/position/health sector (HCPs) [4]	3 years after the baseline	Assessed using three questions: within next 5 years ...1) intent to leave the profession, 2) intent to leave the current position and 3) intent to leave the health sector
Well-being (HCPs) [1]	At baseline	Assessed using the10 items of the Flourish Index (FI). FI score can range from 0 (lowest response category for the 10 items) to 10 (highest response category for the 10 items). High scores imply that respondents perceive themselves very positively in terms of human flourishing.
Professional trajectories (HCPs), constructed from socio-professional variables [2]	1 year after the baseline	Follow-up data will be used to complement the professional trajectories constructed on baseline socio-professional information. Changes in the variables which form the trajectories will be assessed and new typologies will be derived from the enhanced trajectories.
Intention to stay in the profession/position (HCPs) [4]	3 years after the baseline	Assessed using two questions: 1) intent to stay in the profession and 2) intent to stay in the current position
Intention to leave the profession/position/health sector (HCPs) [1]	At baseline	Assessed using three questions: within next 5 years ...1) intent to leave the profession, 2) intent to leave the current position and 3) intent to leave the health sector
Intention to leave the profession/position/health sector (HCPs) [5]	4 years after the baseline	Assessed using three questions: within next 5 years ...1) intent to leave the profession, 2) intent to leave the current position and 3) intent to leave the health sector
Well-being (HCPs) [5]	4 years after the baseline	Assessed using the10 items of the Flourish Index (FI). FI score can range from 0 (lowest response category for the 10 items) to 10 (highest response category for the 10 items). High scores imply that respondents perceive themselves very positively in terms of human flourishing.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Center for Primary Care and Public Health (Unisante), University of Lausanne, Switzerland; 🇨🇭 Lausanne, Switzerland