Factors Affecting Burnout in Physiotherapists in Turkey
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorAcibadem University
About this trial
This cross-sectional descriptive study aims to identify the demographic, occupational, organisational and individual psychological factors that predict burnout among physiotherapists working in active clinical practice in Turkey. Using a four-block hierarchical multiple regression approach, the relative contribution of workload and role factors, organisational factors, psychological resilience, self-efficacy and Type A behaviour pattern to the three dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment) will be quantified. Turnover intention is examined as a secondary dependent variable. Data are collected through an anonymous online survey distributed nationwide.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Licensed physiotherapist in Turkey
Currently working in active clinical practice
Provides electronic informed consent
Disqualifiers
Not currently working in clinical practice
Incomplete questionnaire, defined as responding to less than 50 percent of the COPSOQ III items
Trial population
Licensed physiotherapists in active clinical practice in Turkey, working across a range of sectors and clinical fields. Participants are recruited nationwide by snowball and purposive sampling through the Turkish Physiotherapy Association, professional social media groups and university physiotherapy departments.
Trial design
Design model
Cohort
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Treatments tested in this trial
Not listed
Trial groups
400 Participants
are grouped into 1 trial groupGroup A: Physiotherapists in active clinical practice in Turkey
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory, MBI)
The MBI is a 22-item self-report instrument assessing burnout in three subscales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalisation (5 items) and personal accomplishment (8 items). Items are rated on a five-category frequency scale from 0 (never) to 4 (always). The personal accomplishment subscale is reverse scored, so that lower scores on that subscale indicate greater burnout; higher scores on emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation indicate greater burnout. Each subscale is analysed as a separate dependent variable.
Time frame
Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)Secondary outcomes
1
Turnover intention (Mobley Turnover Intention Scale)
A 3-item scale assessing intention to leave the current job across three dimensions: thinking of quitting, intention to search for alternative employment and probability of leaving. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), giving a total score of 3 to 15. Higher scores indicate greater turnover intention. Used as a secondary dependent variable.
Time frame
Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)2
Psychosocial work environment (Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire III, COPSOQ III)
COPSOQ III comprises 87 items across 25 subscales. Each subscale is scored separately on a 0 to 100 scale, with 0 to 33 indicating low risk, 33 to 66 moderate risk and 66 to 100 high risk. Job satisfaction items use a 4-point Likert format and the remaining dimensions a 5-point Likert format. High scores on quantitative demands, emotional demands and role conflict are interpreted as risk factors, whereas high scores on the remaining subscales are interpreted as protective factors. Workload, role and organisational subscales serve as predictor blocks in the regression models.
Time frame
Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)3
Psychological resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, CD-RISC-10)
The 10-item short form of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, assessing coping with adversity, adaptation to change, seeking social support and self-confidence over the past month. Items are rated from 0 (not true at all) to 4 (true nearly all the time), giving a total score of 0 to 40. Higher scores indicate greater resilience. There are no reverse-scored items.
Time frame
Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)4
General self-efficacy (Self-Efficacy Scale)
A 17-item scale assessing general perceived self-efficacy in coping with everyday difficulties, maintaining goal-directed behaviour and dealing effectively with novel situations. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 to 5, giving a total score of 17 to 85, with higher scores indicating greater perceived self-efficacy. Eleven items are reverse worded and are reverse coded before analysis.
Time frame
Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)Sponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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