Burnout and Approach to Bereavement Initiatives in a Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU)

• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT03398460
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 50
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Actual Duration (Months): 5.7
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 8.8

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Given the stress, exhaustion and close interface with death that Intensive Care Unit (ICU) health care providers face, this study will evaluate burnout rates in intensive care unit (icu) physicians, nurses and ancillary staff. Investigators will also study the effect on a bereavement card on these burnout rates

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Burnout, Professional	Diagnostic Test: Survey	N/A

Detailed Description

This study will evaluate:

1. Burnout rates among nurses and ancillary staff with the Abbreviated Maslach burnout inventory. This is a well validated tool that is used to evaluate symptoms of burnout such as denationalization, emotional exhaustion and lack of personal accomplishment.

2. Burnout rates at the beginning of and at the end of the house staff's ICU rotation to gauge the effect of an ICU rotation on burnout rates amon medical trainees.

3. Determine whether the introduction of a bereavement card will improve symptoms of burnout as gauged by the abbreviated maslach burnout inventory

4. Staff perceptions and response to the introduction of a bereavement

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 50 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
• Official Title: Burnout and Approach to Bereavement Initiatives in a Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
• Actual Study Start Date: Mar 1, 2018
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Aug 20, 2018
• Actual Study Completion Date: Aug 20, 2018

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Other: Health Care Providers Bellevue hospital Medical Intensive Care Unit; 30 Nurses and 50 physcians	Diagnostic Test: Survey; Burnout rates before and after the introduction of a bereavement card Burnout rates before and after an ICU rotation for physicians

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Burnout rate before introduction of bereavement card [1 Year]

   Measured by "Staff Response Questionnaire"

2. Burnout rate after introduction after introduction of bereavement card [1 Year]

   Measured by "Staff Response Questionnaire"

3. Burnout rates before ICU rotation for physicians [1 Year]

   Measured by "Staff Response Questionnaire"

4. Burnout rates after an ICU rotation for physicians [1 Year]

   Measured by "Staff Response Questionnaire"

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 65 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Health care providers who work in the Bellevue Hospital Medical ICU

Exclusion Criteria:

• NA

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	New York University School of Medicine	New York	New York	United States	10016

Sponsors and Collaborators

• NYU Langone Health

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Vikramjit Mukherjee, NYU Langone Health

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: NYU Langone Health
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03398460
• Other Study ID Numbers: 17-01695
• First Posted: Jan 12, 2018
• Last Update Posted: Jun 5, 2020
• Last Verified: Jun 1, 2020

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Burnout, Professional; Burnout, Psychological

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Jun 5, 2020