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NCT Number: NCT05944120

Decreasing On-Shift Stress With a Crisis Intervention Cart

This Intervention study anticipates that 100 nurses, patient care technicians and unit secretaries in the acute care setting at four Methodist Health System facilities will provide surveys to participants who had interventions

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Key information

Conditions

Decreasing On-Shift Stress With a Crisis Intervention Cart

Age range

18 year–75 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, 75203, United States

About this study

Once the intervention has been used, the participants will complete a survey in order to determine if stress levels are decreasing. Initial data collection will be over the course of two months ( April 1, 2022 through June 1, 2022) and participation will vary based upon staffing and the set criteria for Crisis Intervention Cart deployment.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Part of MHS (i.e., MCMC, MMMC, MRMC, MDMC, MLMC, MSMC)
  • The hospital has at least one Crisis Intervention Cart study clinical site investigator on-staff
  • Hold license as a Registered Nurse OR
  • Hold position as a patient care technician or unit secretary
  • Must be able to read English
  • Provide direct patient care or hold a unit-based leadership position (i.e., Nursing Clinical Coordinator, Nurse Manager, Clinical Team Lead)
  • Full-time, part-time, or PRN employee

Exclusion criteria

  • Hospitals and clinical units will be excluded if they are outside MHS
  • Participants will be excluded if they at Director-level or above

Treatment and study plan

Aromatherapy patches

Combination Product

This study anticipates that Staff-reported stress levels will decrease when nurses use strategies from the Crisis Intervention Cart while at work.

Other names: Crisis Intervention Cart deployment.

Primary outcomes

  1. Crisis Intervention Cart

    Time frame: Period of 2 months

    The Effect of Crisis Intervention Cart filled with evidence-based stress-reducing interventions on reducing stress experienced during a shift using surveys. A 10-point Likert scale will be used with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest on the scale with 10 having highest level of self-perceived stress.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Type of intervention/strategy used

    Time frame: Period of 2 months

    The Effect of Crisis Intervention Cart filled with evidence-based stress-reducing interventions on reducing stress experienced during a shift using surveys. A 10-point Likert scale will be used with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest on the scale with 10 having the highest level of self-perceived stress.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Methodist Health System

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jul 13, 2023
Registry last updated
Jul 25, 2025

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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.