Compassion Fatigue in ED Providers

Compassion Fatigue Clinical Trial

Official title:

Compassion Fatigue Among Emergency Department Healthcare Providers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03070249
• Other study ID #: IRB201602339
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 28, 2017
• Last updated: October 20, 2017
• Start date: April 13, 2017
• Est. completion date: October 10, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: University of Florida
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will assess compassion fatigue among healthcare providers in a single emergency department (ED) using the Professional Quality of Life (ProQoL) scale.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: October 10, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: April 25, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Currently employed as a health care provider in the emergency department. All eligible individuals will be 18 years and older.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals that are not currently employed in the emergency department

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Compassion Fatigue
• Fatigue

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Professional Quality of Life (ProQoL) scale
COMPASSION SATISFACTION AND COMPASSION FATIGUE (PROQOL) measures how compassion for those who are cared for can affect providers in positive and negative ways. Questions about experiences, both positive and negative, as a provider reflecting the frequency experiences within the last 30 days. 1=Never 2=Rarely 3=Sometimes 4=Often 5=Very Often

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Florida	Gainesville	Florida

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Florida

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Assess Compassion Fatigue as precursory research	Professional Quality of Life Scale survey (PROQOL) assesses compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue. 1=Never 2=Rarely 3=Sometimes 4=Often 5=Very Often	Baseline