Mitigating Burnout in Nursing and Associated Healthcare Staff

ConditionsBurn OutNurses
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMilton S. Hershey Medical Center

About this trial

Workplace stress for healthcare workers is at an all-time high and the COVID-19 Pandemic magnified and amplified the impact of stress and burnout on health care workers, especially for frontline staff such as nurses. There are multiple external and individual factors that affect clinician well-being, and organizational factors are an important aspect to address when attempting to mitigate nurse burnout and improve well-being. This project seeks to expand two interventions that were piloted in the last few years since the Covid-19 Pandemic, validated to show improvement in staff well-being and decreased feelings of burnout following the interventions, and are easily implemented to benefit nurses and other multidisciplinary health care workers and students in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

None

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Zen Den Experience

    Behavioral

    The Zen Den is a dedicated safe space for healthcare staff to decompress and recharge during shifts, addressing the growing issue of workplace stress. It has soft warm lighting, sound machines and aroma therapy, relaxing furnishings centered around a faux fireplace to create a stress-free environment.

  • Music Therapy Experience

    Behavioral

    The music therapy experience will consist of either Music Minutes which have music therapists available on specific units and circulating amongst staff across flexible shift times. Intervention choices will include relaxation songs, motivation songs, music, mindfulness, breathing to music, dance-a-minute, and brief song rewrites. Notes for Resilience will be scheduled group sessions that follow a more structured format and are 30 to 60 minutes in length. Involvement and coping will be emphasized through active forms of music participation, including drum circles, unit playlist creation, song writing, jam sessions, and song discussion.

Treatment groups

300 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Zen DenActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Music TherapyActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

The number of subjects who state preference for having long-term access to the intervention.

This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

Time frame
Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.
2

The number of subjects who report improvement of subject's energy level needed to complete immediate job responsibilities.

This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

Time frame
Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.
3

The number of subjects who report improvement of subject's understanding of what is needed in the moment to overcome challenges.

This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

Time frame
Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.
4

The number of subjects who report improvement navigating challenging or difficult situations in the workplace

This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

Time frame
Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.

Secondary outcomes

1

The number of subjects reporting the intervention was well facilitated.

This will be measured on a Likert scale where 0 is strongly disagree and 5 is strongly agree

Time frame
Survey data will be collected at the end of the intervention up to 30 minutes post intervention.

Other outcomes

Locations

This trial has no locations.

Sponsors and contacts

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