Effects of the Humanitude® Care Methodology on Health Professionals' Perception

Caregiver Clinical Trial

— Humanitude  

Official title:

Effects of the Humanitude® Care Methodology on Improving Health Professionals' Perception of Competence and Emotional State

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06450249
• Other study ID #: RNIPH-2021-23
• Status: Completed
• Start date: January 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: June 2024
• Source: Lille Catholic University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Healthcare professionals providing care for institutionalized older patients must deal with agitated behavior daily. Such behavior alters the patient's quality of life and generates stress for the caregiver. Humanitude® Care Methodology is an alternative to pharmaceutical approaches that has demonstrated benefits on care delivery. The present study aims to investigate the effects of this method on healthcare professionals' perception of competence and emotional state when dealing with difficult care situations.

Description:

This is a retrospective, multicentric, before / after study. Data collected from a self-administered questionnaire to caregivers working in 32 Continuous Care Units before and after participation in Humanitude® Care Methodology training sessions in the Ile-de-France region in France will be analyzed. Data on the participants' perception of their own care competence and their emotional state when confronted with several difficult care situations will be collected. Participants' well-being at work and adhesion to the Humanitude® Care Methodology will be also evaluated.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 455
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Caregivers taken part in a Humanitude® training course

• Caregivers agreeing to complete pre- and post-training questionnaires

Exclusion Criteria:

• Caregiver not completing the questionnaire at one of the 2 stages of the assessment (before or after)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Caregiver
• Delivery of Health Care
• Education, Medical

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Humanitude® Care Methodology (HCM) training sessions
During a five-day training session healthcare professionals are trained to the HCM within their own care unit
• Self-administered questionnaire
The self-administered questionnaire will be completed before and after participation in Humanitude® Care Methodology training sessions

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	GHICL	Lille	Nord
France	Groupement des Hôpitaux de l'Institut Catholique de Lille	Lille

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Lille Catholic University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	4-point scale for evaluation of Caregivers' feelings	Caregivers are asked to comment on their feelings, on a 4-point scale (anxiety; apprehension; serenity; pleasure) when they enter in a resident's room before and after the training.	5 days
Secondary	4-point scale for evaluation of caregivers'competence	To collect caregivers' feelings of competence, they are asked to give their opinion on how capable they felt of looking after a resident, on a 4-point scale (not at all capable; not very capable; capable; very capable) when they entered the room of a resident	5 days
Secondary	3-point scale for evaluation of caregivers' trust in their colleagues	The degree of trust which caregivers place in their colleagues on a daily basis is assessed on a 3-point scale : no; it's not always up to me; yes).	5 days
Secondary	Scale for evaluation of caregivers' degree of pleasure in coming to work	The degree of pleasure in coming to work is assessed on a scale from 0 (not at all) to 10 (a lot).	5 days