Burnout SyndromeEDESPROAPNCT01870154
Effectiveness of an Intervention for Prevention and Treatment of Burnout in Primary Care
A study testing Training in people with Burnout Syndrome, run by Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid at 1 site in Spain.
Trial summary
Background: Burnout syndrome is an important health problem that affects many professionals and must be addressed globally, with both organizational measures and personal interventions. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Burnout Syndrome
- What is being tested?
- Training
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 300 participants
- Where
- 1 siteSpain
- Study dates
- Mar 2010to Mar 2013
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- All health professionals (family physicians, pediatricians, and nurses) who are part of the health care centers at the moment of the trial.
Who cannot join
- No one.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Effectiveness of an Intervention for Prevention and Treatment of Burnout in Primary Health Care Professionals
Background: Burnout syndrome is an important health problem that affects many professionals and must be addressed globally, with both organizational measures and personal interventions. Burnout of health professionals can be prevented in order to avoid personal, familial, and social consequences, as well as repercussions for patients.
Methods/Design: This work describes a protocol for a controlled, pragmatic, randomized clinical trial in 2 parallel groups: intervention and control. All health professionals from 7 health care centers (HCCs) will form the intervention group, and all health professionals from 7 different HCCs will form the control group. The intervention group will receive 16 hours of training at their work place. The Maslach's burnout inventory (MBI), burnout physician Questionnaire (CDPM) or burnout nurse Questionnaire (CDPE), and the 28-item Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), validated for our setting, will be used as measurement tools. Change in the average scores from the MBI emotional exhaustion scale will be compared between the intervention and control groups, measured as intention-to-treat, and the intervention will be considered effective if a minimum increase of 20% is achieved.
Discussion: Due to the deleterious consequences of burnout syndrome for people suffering from it and for the organization where they work, it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of certain interventions for its prevention. Organizational measures are important for preventing burnout syndrome, but so is providing professionals with coping strategies, as this group intervention intends to do.
- Conditions
- Burnout Syndrome
- Being tested
- Training
- Keywords
- Burnout syndrome, Job stressors, Primary Health Care, Health professional
- Medical subject headings
- Burnout, Psychological
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
TrainingBehavioural
The objective of the intervention is learning from the work experience of professionals attending the workshop to know and recognize the risk and process of the burnout syndrome and the characteristics specific to the health setting, as well as promoting prevention lines by transmitting strategies to manage and control the elements and consequences of the syndrome process (physical, psychological, and social).
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Experimental | The intervention consists of 16 hours of training, to be held at the subject's health center. The workshop involves mixed learning, comprising 4 sessions, each 2 hours long, in addition to personal work previous to and after each session of reading relevant bibliography and performing exercises, self-evaluation, and case studies (8 hours of individual work). Receives: Behavioral: Training |
| Control group | Active comparator | Usual care Receives: Behavioral: Training |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Maslach's burnout inventory (MBI)
Worker classification regarding burnout syndrome will be performed according to the MBI, which includes 22 items to evaluate emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and personal fulfillment (PF), with scores ranging from 0 to 6 on the Likert scale. We consider a high degree of burnout in the case of EE ≥ 27 points, DP ≥ 10, and PF <33. Moderate burnout will be considered in the case of 26<EE<19 points, 6<DP<9 points, and 34<PF<39 points. Low levels will be considered for EE≤18 points, DP≤5 points, and PF≥40 points.
Measured: One year
Secondary outcomes (1)
Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28)
It consists of 28 items, divided into 4 sub-scales. It is used to estimate the prevalence of psychiatric disease in a specific population and discover cases of psychiatric pathologies in non specialized consultations. It is not appropriate for performing clinical diagnosis, but can be employed to evaluate symptomatology using its sub-scales: A (somatic symptoms), B (anxiety/insomnia), C (social dysfunction), and D (severe depression). There are 4 possible answers to each question. The Likert scoring system assigns a value from 0 to 3 to each of the 4 possible answers.
Measured: One year
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted5 Jun 2013 (estimated)
- Study startMar 2010
- Primary completionMar 2013
- Study completionMar 2013
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Burnout SyndromeStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 300 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid
- Sponsor type
- Other government
- Collaborators
- Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Tomás Gómez-Gascón, MD, Principal investigator, Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01870154
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 08/1443
- Acronym
- EDESPROAP
- Status last verified
- Jun 2013
- First submitted
- 2 Jun 2013
- Last updated
- 5 Jun 2013
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Gomez-Gascon T, Martin-Fernandez J, Galvez-Herrer M, Tapias-Merino E, Beamud-Lagos M, Mingote-Adan JC; Grupo EDESPROAP-Madrid. Effectiveness of an intervention for prevention and treatment of burnout in primary health care professionals. BMC Fam Pract. 2013 Nov 17;14:173. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-173.
PubMed 24237937
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 5 Jun 2013. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Effectiveness of an Intervention for Prevention and Treatment of Burnout in Primary Health Care Professionals
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT01870154
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- EDESPROAP / 08/1443
- Conditions
- Burnout Syndrome
- Keywords
- Burnout syndrome, Job stressors, Primary Health Care, Health professional
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 300 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Gerencia de Atención Primaria, MadridOther government
- Collaborators
- Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria
- Study start
- Mar 2010
- Primary completion
- Mar 2013 (actual)
- Study completion
- Mar 2013 (actual)
- First posted
- 5 Jun 2013 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Background: Burnout syndrome is an important health problem that affects many professionals and must be addressed globally, with both organizational measures and personal interventions. Burnout of health professionals can be prevented in order to avoid personal, familial, and social consequences, as well as repercussions for patients.
Methods/Design: This work describes a protocol for a controlled, pragmatic, randomized clinical trial in 2 parallel groups: intervention and control. All health professionals from 7 health care centers (HCCs) will form the intervention group, and all health professionals from 7 different HCCs will form the control group. The intervention group will receive 16 hours of training at their work place. The Maslach's burnout inventory (MBI), burnout physician Questionnaire (CDPM) or burnout nurse Questionnaire (CDPE), and the 28-item Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28), validated for our setting, will be used as measurement tools. Change in the average scores from the MBI emotional exhaustion scale will be compared between the intervention and control groups, measured as intention-to-treat, and the intervention will be considered effective if a minimum increase of 20% is achieved.
Discussion: Due to the deleterious consequences of burnout syndrome for people suffering from it and for the organization where they work, it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of certain interventions for its prevention. Organizational measures are important for preventing burnout syndrome, but so is providing professionals with coping strategies, as this group intervention intends to do.
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Intervention group | Experimental | Behavioral: TrainingThe intervention consists of 16 hours of training, to be held at the subject's health center. The workshop involves mixed learning, comprising 4 sessions, each 2 hours long, in addition to personal work previous to and after each session of reading relevant bibliography and performing exercises, self-evaluation, and case studies (8 hours of individual work). |
| Control group | Active comparator | Behavioral: TrainingUsual care |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- All health professionals (family physicians, pediatricians, and nurses) who are part of the health care centers at the moment of the trial.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- No one.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| TrainingThe objective of the intervention is learning from the work experience of professionals attending the workshop to know and recognize the risk and process of the burnout syndrome and the characteristics specific to the health setting, as well as promoting prevention lines by transmitting strategies to manage and control the elements and consequences of the syndrome process (physical, psychological, and social). | Behavioural | Control group, Intervention group |
Primary outcome
Maslach's burnout inventory (MBI)
Time frame: One year
Worker classification regarding burnout syndrome will be performed according to the MBI, which includes 22 items to evaluate emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and personal fulfillment (PF), with scores ranging from 0 to 6 on the Likert scale. We consider a high degree of burnout in the case of EE ≥ 27 points, DP ≥ 10, and PF <33. Moderate burnout will be considered in the case of 26<EE<19 points, 6<DP<9 points, and 34<PF<39 points. Low levels will be considered for EE≤18 points, DP≤5 points, and PF≥40 points.
1 secondary outcome
Goldberg's General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-28)
Time frame: One year
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 5 Jun 2013.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 24237937Gomez-Gascon T, Martin-Fernandez J, Galvez-Herrer M, Tapias-Merino E, Beamud-Lagos M, Mingote-Adan JC; Grupo EDESPROAP-Madrid. Effectiveness of an intervention for prevention and treatment of burnout in primary health care professionals. BMC Fam Pract. 2013 Nov 17;14:173. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-14-173.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Tomás Gómez-Gascón, MD principal investigator
Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Training in people with Burnout Syndrome, run by Gerencia de Atención Primaria, Madrid at 1 site in Spain.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 5 Jun 2013. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Spain. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Maslach's burnout inventory (MBI) (time frame: One year). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01870154, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 5 Jun 2013; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 8 Nov 2026.