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NCT Number: NCT04888000

Interprofessional Group Intervention to Enhance Compassion Satisfaction and Resilience

The purpose of this study is to evaluate an educational professional development program designed to assist health care professionals in developing self-awareness and self-care choices as a means to avoid compassion fatigue and improve resilience.

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Key information

Conditions

Compassion Fatigue Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Fatigue Mental Fatigue Occupational Stress Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Resilience Signs and Symptoms Stress, Psychological

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

OSF HealthCare System

Peoria, Illinois, 61603, United States

About this study

Professional caregivers are at risk of compassion fatigue due to the nature of their work and repeated exposure over time to work-related stressors. Symptoms of compassion fatigue may include decreased concentration/productivity, increased sick days, and high turnover rates which directly effect patient satisfaction and safety. Lack of data that supports this use of program, though anecdotally, it has been endorsed and benefits from its use are described. Quality of patient care, workforce engagement, and financial effects from turnover of staff are viewed as negative impacts from compassion fatigue.

Our study seeks to extend the body of knowledge with regard to use of a particular resilience program that has shown some promise in a small pilot study.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • employment within inpatient or outpatient setting in non-profit healthcare system as a healthcare professional
  • Professional direct caregivers (nurses, physicians, advanced practice providers, social workers, counselors, chaplains, respiratory therapists, pharmacists

Exclusion criteria

  • actively participating in or plans to participate in any other formalized mindfulness-based stress reduction program during the time period of the study

Treatment and study plan

Educational Intervention

Other

Professional development program provided to small groups of health care professionals in three different sessions over a period of one month with additional independent individual work to be completed between sessions.

Primary outcomes

  1. Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5

    Time frame: Change from baseline compassion fatigue subscale measure at 1 and 6 months assessed by compassion fatigue subscale of ProQOL 5 [ Time Frame: Data collected before the program starts and one month after the end of the program and six months

    Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5 Compassion Fatigue Subscale

  2. Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5

    Time frame: Change from baseline burnout subscale measure at 1 and 6 months assessed by burnout subscale of ProQOL 5 [ Time Frame: Data collected before the program starts and one month after the end of the program and six months

    Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5 Burnout Subscale

  3. Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5

    Time frame: Change from baseline compassion satisfaction subscale measure at 1 and 6 months assessed by compassion satisfaction subscale of ProQOL 5 [ Time Frame: Data collected before the program starts and one month after the end of the program and six months

    Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5 Compassion Satisfaction Subscale

  4. Brief Resilience Scale

    Time frame: Change from baseline in resilience measure at 1 month and 6 months assessed by BRS scale [ Time Frame: Data collected before the program starts and one month after the end of the program and six months

    Resilience will be measured using the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) a 6-item scale developed by Smith et al.(2008).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

OSF Healthcare System

Other

Registry information

Official study title

An Exploratory Study Examining Use of the Oxygen for Caregivers® Program

Acronym: CSRS

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2023
First posted
May 17, 2021
Registry last updated
Nov 3, 2023

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