The Effect of Motivational Messages on Optimism, Hopelessness and Life Satisfaction

Motivation Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Motivational Messages on Optimism, Hopelessness and Life Satisfaction of Intensive Care Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic : A Randomized Controlled Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04751474
• Other study ID #: 2021/47-31
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: April 2021
• Source: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected global health systems and required healthcare professionals to show high performance. In this process, the mental health of intensive care nurses, who undertake the biggest burden in health systems, is negatively affected by the high working hours and patient care burden during the pandemic. When the literature is reviewed, pessimistic thinking, feeling hopeless and not enjoying life at more exacerbated levels can be observed in intensive care nurses. It is concluded that studies are needed to increase the motivation of intensive care nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic.In this study, it was aimed to evaluate the effect of motivational messages on optimism, hopelessness and life satisfaction of intensive care nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 93
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: March 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• agreeing to participate in the study
• being a nurse
• working in intensive care during the COVID-19 pandemic

Exclusion Criteria:

• underfilling or not fill out forms and scales

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Hopelessness
• Life Satisfaction
• Motivation
• Optimism

Intervention

Other:
• Motivational messages
Participants in the motivational group were sent to motivational messages to their mobile phones for 21 days.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Elif Gezginci	Istanbul

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

References & Publications (8)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Optimistic level assessed by the Life Orientation Test	The primary endpoint of this study was the difference between groups in terms of Life Orientation Test scores 21 days after. The scale consists of a total of 10 items. The range of scores obtained from the scale varies between 6-30 points. Low scores indicate pessimism, while high scores indicate optimism.	21 days after from baseline
Primary	Hopelessness level assessed by the Beck Hopelessness Scale	The primary endpoint of this study was the difference between groups in terms of Beck Hopelessness Scale scores 21 days after. The scale consists of a total of 20 items..The range of scores obtained from the scale varies between 0-20 points. High scores indicate that the level of hopelessness is also high.	21 days after from baseline
Primary	Life satisfaction assessed by the Satisfaction with Life Scale	The primary endpoint of this study was the difference between groups in terms of Satisfaction with Life Scale scores 21 days after. The scale consists of a total of 5 items.The range of scores obtained from the scale varies between 5-25 points. As the total score obtained from the scale increases, life satisfaction level also increases.	21 days after from baseline