Clinical Trial: The Burnout Syndrome in Emergency Department Triage Nurses

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Sindromul de Burnout la asistenții Medicali de Triaj Din unitățile de Primire urgențe

Brief Summary: Assessment of burnout syndrome of triage nurses from Emergency Departments from Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Detailed Summary:

This study is aiming at assessing the burnout syndrome amongst triage nurses working in the Emergency Departments in Cluj-Napoca. The study design is observational, prospective and multicentric.

At this moment, there are 43 nurses covering triage shifts in the Emergency Clincial County Hospital Cluj and 18 more within Emergency Clinical Hospital for Children Cluj-Napoca. On average, these ED roughly attend 90.000 patients yearly.

Questionnaires are based on Copenhagen Burnout Inventory, with additional clinical cases that require triage coding according to The Romanian National Triage Protocol of 2016. Each triage nurse will complete the questionnaire when beginning the triage shift and after a period of 2, 4 or 6 hours.


Sponsor: Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Current Primary Outcome: Assessment of burnout syndrome in triage ED nurses [ Time Frame: 2 to 6 hours ]

Copenhagen Burnout Inventory


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: Efficacy of triage ED nurses [ Time Frame: 2 to 6 hours ]

The triage scores of the first 5 and the last 5 cases assessed by the investigated nurse will be compared with the diagnostic codes of the physicians who treated those patients.


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy

Dates:
Date Received: April 7, 2017
Date Started: April 15, 2017
Date Completion: June 30, 2017
Last Updated: May 10, 2017
Last Verified: May 2017