Burnout, ProfessionalPT-BURNOUT-TRNCT07722858
Factors Affecting Burnout in Physiotherapists in Turkey
An observational study of Burnout, Professional and Occupational Stress, run by Acibadem University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
Trial summary
This cross-sectional descriptive study aims to identify the demographic, occupational, organisational and individual psychological factors that predict burnout among physiotherapists working in active clinical practice in Turkey. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Burnout, Professional, Occupational Stress, Psychological Resilience
- How many people
- 400 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
- Study dates
- Jul 2026to Jan 2027
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
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 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Licensed physiotherapists in active clinical practice in Turkey, working across a range of sectors and clinical fields. Participants are recruited nationwide by snowball and purposive sampling through the Turkish Physiotherapy Association, professional social media groups and university physiotherapy departments.
Who may be able to join
- Licensed physiotherapist in Turkey
- Currently working in active clinical practice
- Provides electronic informed consent
Who cannot join
- Not currently working in clinical practice
- Incomplete questionnaire, defined as responding to less than 50 percent of the COPSOQ III items
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.
Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Istanbul, 34752
Hasan Gercek, PhD, +90 542 648 8455, hasan.gercek@acibadem.edu.tr
Hasan Gercek, PhD
About this study
Official title: Examination of Factors Affecting Burnout in Physiotherapists in Turkey: A Hierarchical Regression Analysis
This cross-sectional descriptive study aims to identify the demographic, occupational, organisational and individual psychological factors that predict burnout among physiotherapists working in active clinical practice in Turkey. Using a four-block hierarchical multiple regression approach, the relative contribution of workload and role factors, organisational factors, psychological resilience, self-efficacy and Type A behaviour pattern to the three dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment) will be quantified. Turnover intention is examined as a secondary dependent variable. Data are collected through an anonymous online survey distributed nationwide.
- Keywords
- Burnout, Physiotherapists, Physical therapy, Occupational health, Psychosocial work environment, Resilience, Self-efficacy, Type A behaviour pattern, Turnover intention, Hierarchical regression
- Medical subject headings
- Burnout, Professional, Occupational Stress, Burnout, Psychological
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Physiotherapists in active clinical practice in Turkey | Licensed physiotherapists working in active clinical practice across Turkey, recruited nationwide through professional associations, professional social media groups and university physiotherapy departments. Participants complete a single anonymous online questionnaire battery; no intervention is applied. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory, MBI)
The MBI is a 22-item self-report instrument assessing burnout in three subscales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalisation (5 items) and personal accomplishment (8 items). Items are rated on a five-category frequency scale from 0 (never) to 4 (always). The personal accomplishment subscale is reverse scored, so that lower scores on that subscale indicate greater burnout; higher scores on emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation indicate greater burnout. Each subscale is analysed as a separate dependent variable.
Measured: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Secondary outcomes (5)
Turnover intention (Mobley Turnover Intention Scale)
A 3-item scale assessing intention to leave the current job across three dimensions: thinking of quitting, intention to search for alternative employment and probability of leaving. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), giving a total score of 3 to 15. Higher scores indicate greater turnover intention. Used as a secondary dependent variable.
Measured: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Psychosocial work environment (Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire III, COPSOQ III)
COPSOQ III comprises 87 items across 25 subscales. Each subscale is scored separately on a 0 to 100 scale, with 0 to 33 indicating low risk, 33 to 66 moderate risk and 66 to 100 high risk. Job satisfaction items use a 4-point Likert format and the remaining dimensions a 5-point Likert format. High scores on quantitative demands, emotional demands and role conflict are interpreted as risk factors, whereas high scores on the remaining subscales are interpreted as protective factors. Workload, role and organisational subscales serve as predictor blocks in the regression models.
Measured: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Psychological resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, CD-RISC-10)
The 10-item short form of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, assessing coping with adversity, adaptation to change, seeking social support and self-confidence over the past month. Items are rated from 0 (not true at all) to 4 (true nearly all the time), giving a total score of 0 to 40. Higher scores indicate greater resilience. There are no reverse-scored items.
Measured: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
General self-efficacy (Self-Efficacy Scale)
A 17-item scale assessing general perceived self-efficacy in coping with everyday difficulties, maintaining goal-directed behaviour and dealing effectively with novel situations. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 to 5, giving a total score of 17 to 85, with higher scores indicating greater perceived self-efficacy. Eleven items are reverse worded and are reverse coded before analysis.
Measured: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Type A behaviour pattern (Bortner Rating Scale, short form)
A bipolar 7-item scale based on the Type A and Type B personality model. For each item a value between 1 and 8 is selected, with the left pole representing Type B (calm, less competitive) and the right pole Type A (hurried, highly competitive) characteristics. The raw total is multiplied by three to obtain the final score, ranging from 21 to 168; scores of 100 and above indicate Type A and scores below 100 indicate Type B characteristics.
Measured: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted23 Jul 2026
- Study startJul 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completionJan 2027 (estimated)
- Study completionJan 2027 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Burnout, ProfessionalStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Acibadem UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- 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
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 400 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Acibadem University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Hasan Gerçek, Acibadem University
- Investigators
- Hasan Gercek, PhD, Principal investigator, Acibadem University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07722858
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- AcibademHG2
- Acronym
- PT-BURNOUT-TR
- Status last verified
- Jul 2026
- First submitted
- 20 Jul 2026
- Last updated
- 23 Jul 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 23 Jul 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Examination of Factors Affecting Burnout in Physiotherapists in Turkey: A Hierarchical Regression Analysis
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07722858
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- PT-BURNOUT-TR / AcibademHG2
- Keywords
- Burnout, Physiotherapists, Physical therapy, Occupational health, Psychosocial work environment, Resilience, Self-efficacy, Type A behaviour pattern
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Not yet recruiting
- Enrolment
- 400 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Acibadem UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- Jul 2026 (estimated)
- Primary completion
- Jan 2027 (estimated)
- Study completion
- Jan 2027 (estimated)
- First posted
- 23 Jul 2026 (actual)
- 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.
This cross-sectional descriptive study aims to identify the demographic, occupational, organisational and individual psychological factors that predict burnout among physiotherapists working in active clinical practice in Turkey. Using a four-block hierarchical multiple regression approach, the relative contribution of workload and role factors, organisational factors, psychological resilience, self-efficacy and Type A behaviour pattern to the three dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment) will be quantified. Turnover intention is examined as a secondary dependent variable. Data are collected through an anonymous online survey distributed nationwide.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Physiotherapists in active clinical practice in Turkey | – | –Licensed physiotherapists working in active clinical practice across Turkey, recruited nationwide through professional associations, professional social media groups and university physiotherapy departments. Participants complete a single anonymous online questionnaire battery; no intervention is applied. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Licensed physiotherapists in active clinical practice in Turkey, working across a range of sectors and clinical fields. Participants are recruited nationwide by snowball and purposive sampling through the Turkish Physiotherapy Association, professional social media groups and university physiotherapy departments.
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Licensed physiotherapist in Turkey
- Currently working in active clinical practice
- Provides electronic informed consent
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Not currently working in clinical practice
- Incomplete questionnaire, defined as responding to less than 50 percent of the COPSOQ III items
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory, MBI)
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
The MBI is a 22-item self-report instrument assessing burnout in three subscales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalisation (5 items) and personal accomplishment (8 items). Items are rated on a five-category frequency scale from 0 (never) to 4 (always). The personal accomplishment subscale is reverse scored, so that lower scores on that subscale indicate greater burnout; higher scores on emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation indicate greater burnout. Each subscale is analysed as a separate dependent variable.
5 secondary outcomes
Turnover intention (Mobley Turnover Intention Scale)
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Psychosocial work environment (Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire III, COPSOQ III)
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Psychological resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, CD-RISC-10)
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
General self-efficacy (Self-Efficacy Scale)
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Type A behaviour pattern (Bortner Rating Scale, short form)
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 23 Jul 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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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.
Hasan Gercek, PhD principal investigator
Acibadem University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Burnout, Professional and Occupational Stress, run by Acibadem University at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).
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 3 inclusion and 2 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: opening soon, as of the sponsor's last update on 23 Jul 2026. 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 Turkey (Türkiye). 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?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
Contact Hasan Gercek, PhD (+90 542 648 8455, hasan.gercek@acibadem.edu.tr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory, MBI) (time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
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 23 Jul 2026.