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NCT Number: NCT05743205

Advanced Practice Provider Intervention Study to Promote Wellness

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Job Stress Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Burnout, Professional Burnout, Psychological Occupational Diseases Occupational Stress Professional Burnout Stress, Psychological

Age range

18 year–68 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

OSF HealthCare System

Peoria, Illinois, 61602, United States

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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

Treatment and study plan

voluntary consultative wellness session

Behavioral

Professional wellness counseling sessions provided to health care professionals through voluntary enrollment. Consultative sessions will conducted throughout the course of 1 year and number of subsequent sessions will be determined by the participant.

Primary outcomes

  1. Holmes-Rahe Life Stress Inventory; The Social Readjustment Rating Scale

    Time frame: 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.

  2. The Brief Resilience Scale

    Time frame: 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.

  3. The Work and Well-being Survey (UWES)© Engagement Scale

    Time frame: 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.

  4. Advanced Practice Provider Well-being Index

    Time frame: 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Colleen J Klein

Other

Registry information

Official study title

A Pilot Intervention Study to Promote Wellness in Advanced Practice Providers (APPs)

Important dates

Study start
2022
Primary completion
2025
Study completion
2025
First posted
Feb 24, 2023
Registry last updated
Feb 27, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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