Reducing Individual Work Stress in Healthcare Professionals Through Exchange of Job Resources
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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- This is an observational study: the protocol does not assign a study treatment.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Job Crafting. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Netherlands
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Co-work Design: A Structural Approach to Reduce Individual Work Stress in Healthcare Professionals in Hospital Settings
Overview
The present study focuses on prosocial job crafting as a novel strategy to reduce burnout and foster well-being among nurse professionals. Specifically, we will examine whether prosocial job crafting enhances individual and team-level well-being by increasing own and others' resources.
Detailed description
Below, we provide more information on the study design, study procedure, data collection, data management, and data analysis.
Study Design:
Type: Prospective, longitudinal, observational diary study. Duration: 10 workdays of daily surveys with a baseline survey at the start (Day 0).
Setting: Online survey tool (Castor), accessible via smartphones.
Study Procedure:
Day 0 - Baseline Survey: Collects demographic data and job-related information.
Days 1-10 - Daily Surveys:
Workday Verification: Confirmation of work on that day.
In addition to the outcomes listed under primary and secondary outcome measures, daily surveys will include measures of:
Prosocial Job Crafting: 12 items adapted to measure crafting behaviors to benefit other team members, using the Prosocial Job Crafting Measure (PSJCM).
Psychological Capital: 12 items measuring hope, self-efficacy, optimism, and resilience, using a shortened version of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (PCQ).
Day 11 - Post-Study Survey: Summary of results and feedback opportunity.
Data Collection:
Survey Platform: Mobile-friendly (Castor). Questionnaire Format: Self-report measures adapted for daily context.
Data Management:
Anonymity: Participants are assigned anonymous codes for data matching. Confidentiality: Data is securely stored with access only for researchers on the project.
Statistical Analysis:
Multilevel modeling will be used to analyze the nested nature of daily data and relationships between job crafting, resource exchange, and work outcomes.
Primary outcome measures
- Burnout [Time frame: From the start of the study (i.e., at baseline, day 0) to the end of the study (i.e., at day 10).]
- Work engagement [Time frame: From start of study (i.e., at baseline, day 0) to end of study (i.e., at day 10).]
- Flourishing [Time frame: From the start of the study (i.e., at baseline, day 0) to the end of the study (day 10).]
- Job Resources Exchange [Time frame: From the start of the study (i.e., at baseline, day 0) to the end of the study (day 10).]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Workload [Time frame: From the start of the study (i.e., at baseline, day 0) to end of the study (i.e., day 10).]
Eligibility criteria
Eligibility Criteria:
- Employees (nurse professionals) working in a team-based work environment (hospital setting).
- Participants must be able to complete daily surveys in the designated timeframe (end of each workday).
Exclusion criteria
- Part-time workers with small contracts (less than 3 days a week) or individuals not engaged in team-based work.
- Participants who do not complete the baseline survey or a minimum of 5 daily surveys.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Netherlands · 1 center
- Erasmus University Rotterdam — Rotterdam
Publications
- Anderson, N., & West, M. A. (1996). The team climate inventory: Development of the TCI and its applications in team building for innovativeness. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 5(1), 5366
- Campion, M. A., Medsker, G. J., & Higgs, A. C. (1993). Relations between work group characteristics and effectiveness: Implications for designing effective work groups. Personnel Psychology, 46(4), 823-847.
- Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi, D. W., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). New well-being measures: Short scales to assess flourishing and positive and negative feelings. Social Indicators Research, 97, 143-156.
- Grant AM. Does intrinsic motivation fuel the prosocial fire? Motivational synergy in predicting persistence, performance, and productivity. J Appl Psychol. 2008 Jan;93(1):48-58. doi: 10.1037/0021-9010.93.1.48. PMID 18211134
- Hadzibajramovic E, Schaufeli W, De Witte H. The ultra-short version of the Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT4)-development, validation, and measurement invariance across countries, age and gender. PLoS One. 2024 Feb 23;19(2):e0297843. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297843. eCollection 2024. PMID 38394265
- Luthans, F., & Youssef-Morgan, C. M. (2017). Psychological capital: An evidence-based positive approach. Annual Review of Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior, 4(1), 339-366.
- Perugini, M., Gallucci, M., Presaghi, F., & Ercolani, A. P. (2003). The personal norm of reciprocity. European Journal of Personality, 17(4), 251-283.
- Schaufeli, W. B., Shimazu, A., Hakanen, J., Salanova, M., & De Witte, H. (2017). An ultra-short measure for work engagement. European Journal of Psychological Assessment.
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06853561 · ETH2425-0324 · 14160503.001