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Effects of Wellness Coaching on Quality of Life and Wellness in Oncology Nurses

A study testing Individual Wellness Coaching in people with Quality of Life and Wellness, run by Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye).

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Opening soon. The study is approved but enrolment has not started yet. Sites may already take enquiries.

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Trial summary

This clinical trial will test individual wellness coaching for 44 nurses who provide cancer care. Wellness means balance across physical, emotional, social, and other areas of life. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Quality of Life, Wellness
What is being tested?
Individual Wellness Coaching
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
44 participants
Where
1 siteTurkey (Türkiye)
Study dates
Nov 2026to Apr 2027
Phase
Interventional
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

Who may be able to join

  • Aged 18 years or older.
  • Currently working as a nurse in an oncology unit at Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital.
  • Willing to participate voluntarily and provide written informed consent.
  • No previous participation in wellness coaching or a similar structured coaching program.
  • Able to read and understand Turkish.

Who cannot join

  • Planned extended leave, medical leave, or a change in work assignment that would prevent participation throughout the 8-week intervention and the 3-month post-intervention follow-up period.
  • Participation in another psychosocial support program during the study.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

Efza Nur Kaplan, MSc contact

+905436826150

efzanur.kaplan@sbu.edu.tr

Turkey (Türkiye)1 site
  • Dr. Abdurrahman Yurtaslan Ankara Oncology Training and Research Hospital

    Ankara, Ankara, 06200

    Efe Gençler, MSc, +905067454223, efegencler07@gmail.com

Other trials in Turkey (Türkiye)

About this study

Official title: The Effect of a Wellness Coaching Program on Quality of Life and Wellness in Oncology Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Trial

This clinical trial will test individual wellness coaching for 44 nurses who provide cancer care. Wellness means balance across physical, emotional, social, and other areas of life.

The main questions are:

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Does wellness coaching improve nurses' quality of life at work?

Does wellness coaching improve nurses' wellness?

Nurses will be grouped according to their work area: inpatient wards, intensive care units, or outpatient clinics. Within each work area, researchers will assign nurses by chance to one of two groups. Each nurse will have an equal chance of joining either group.

One group will receive individual wellness coaching for eight weeks. The control group will continue usual work routines without receiving wellness coaching or educational materials from the research team during the assessment period. An informational brochure about wellness coaching will be offered after completion of all scheduled outcome assessments, including the assessment three months after the intervention period. Researchers will compare changes in quality of life and wellness between the groups.

Participants will:

Attend individual coaching sessions in person if assigned to the coaching group. Sessions will take place once a week for eight weeks. Each session will last about 45 to 50 minutes.

Answer questionnaires before the intervention period and immediately after it.

Answer questionnaires again one and three months after the intervention period.

Coaching will focus on exploring personal needs and setting goals. Topics will include strategies for looking after their health, managing stress, and balancing work and personal life.

Read the detailed description

This randomized controlled trial will include 44 oncology nurses assigned to two parallel groups. Participants will be stratified by work area: inpatient ward, intensive care unit, or outpatient clinic. Within each stratum, participants will be individually randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive individual wellness coaching for eight weeks or to join the control group.

An independent person who is not involved in recruitment, coaching, or outcome assessment will use a computer to generate separate randomization sequences for each stratum, using permuted blocks of randomly varying sizes. Sequentially numbered, opaque, sealed envelopes will be prepared for each stratum. Recruitment staff will not have access to the allocation sequences. After eligibility confirmation, written informed consent, and baseline assessment, an independent allocator will open the next envelope in the relevant stratum in numerical order.

The coaching group will receive eight individual coaching sessions in person, delivered once a week for eight weeks. Each session will last approximately 45 to 50 minutes. Coaching will address eight wellness dimensions, with session content, questions, and goals tailored to individual needs. Baseline Wellness Wheel assessments will guide the identification of personal priorities.

The control group will continue usual work routines without receiving wellness coaching or educational materials from the research team during the assessment period. An informational brochure about wellness coaching will be offered after completion of all scheduled outcome assessments, including the assessment three months after the intervention period.

Outcomes will be assessed using the Turkish Professional Quality of Life Scale, Version IV, and the Wellness Wheel form developed by the researchers. Assessments will take place at baseline, immediately after the intervention period of eight weeks, and one and three months after intervention completion.

Participants and the researchers delivering coaching will be aware of group assignments. Outcomes will be reported by the participants. The data analyst will receive a dataset with groups coded as A and B and will remain unaware of which code represents each group until the planned analyses have been completed.

Being tested
Individual Wellness Coaching
Keywords
Oncology Nurses, Wellness Coaching, Professional Quality of Life

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Individual Wellness CoachingBehavioural

    An eight-week individual wellness coaching program delivered face-to-face through weekly sessions lasting approximately 45-50 minutes. The program addresses physical, emotional, social, mental, occupational, financial, spiritual, and environmental wellness. Baseline Wellness Wheel self-assessments will guide individual priorities. Sessions will include reviewing goals, exploring personal resources, practicing relevant self-care and stress management strategies, and setting a small, measurable goal for the following week.

Study groups in NCT07889258
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Individual Wellness CoachingExperimentalNot described
Receives: Behavioral: Individual Wellness Coaching
Control GroupNo interventionThe control group will continue usual work routines without receiving wellness coaching or educational materials from the research team during the assessment period. An informational brochure about wellness coaching will be offered after completion of all scheduled outcome assessments, including the assessment three months after the intervention period.

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Change From Baseline in Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction Subscale Score

    Compassion satisfaction will be assessed using the Turkish Professional Quality of Life Scale, Version IV (ProQOL-IV). The Compassion Satisfaction subscale contains 10 items rated from 0 to 5. Item scores are summed to obtain a subscale score ranging from 0 to 50. Higher scores indicate greater compassion satisfaction. Change will be calculated by subtracting the baseline score from the score at each subsequent assessment.

    Measured: Baseline, immediately after the 8-week intervention, and 1 and 3 months after intervention completion.

  2. Change From Baseline in Professional Quality of Life: Burnout Subscale Score

    Burnout will be assessed using the Turkish Professional Quality of Life Scale, Version IV (ProQOL-IV). The Burnout subscale contains 10 items rated from 0 to 5. After reverse scoring the designated items according to the instrument's scoring instructions, item scores are summed to obtain a subscale score ranging from 0 to 50. Higher scores indicate greater burnout. Change will be calculated by subtracting the baseline score from the score at each subsequent assessment.

    Measured: Baseline, immediately after the 8-week intervention, and 1 and 3 months after intervention completion.

  3. Change From Baseline in Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Fatigue/Secondary Traumatic Stress Subscale Score

    Compassion fatigue/secondary traumatic stress will be assessed using the Turkish Professional Quality of Life Scale, Version IV (ProQOL-IV). This subscale contains 10 items rated from 0 to 5. Item scores are summed to obtain a subscale score ranging from 0 to 50. Higher scores indicate greater compassion fatigue/secondary traumatic stress. Change will be calculated by subtracting the baseline score from the score at each subsequent assessment.

    Measured: Baseline, immediately after the 8-week intervention, and 1 and 3 months after intervention completion.

  4. Change From Baseline in Wellness Wheel Total Score

    Perceived wellness will be assessed using a researcher-developed Wellness Wheel self-assessment form covering eight domains: physical, emotional, social, intellectual, occupational, financial, spiritual, and environmental wellness. Participants rate each domain from 0 (not well at all/no balance) to 10 (excellent balance and satisfaction). Domain scores are summed to obtain a total score ranging from 0 to 80. Higher scores indicate better perceived wellness. Change will be calculated by subtracting the baseline score from the score at each subsequent assessment.

    Measured: Baseline, immediately after the 8-week intervention, and 1 and 3 months after intervention completion.

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted22 Oct 2026
  2. Study startNov 2026 (estimated)
  3. Primary completionApr 2027 (estimated)
  4. Study completionApr 2027 (estimated)

Resources

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
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
This trial will include 44 oncology nurses in two parallel groups. Participants will be stratified by work area (inpatient ward, intensive care unit, or outpatient clinic) and individually randomized in a 1:1 ratio to individual wellness coaching for eight weeks or a control group receiving no study intervention during the assessment period. An independent person not involved in recruitment, coaching, or outcome assessment will generate separate randomization sequences for each stratum using permuted blocks of randomly varying sizes and prepare sequentially numbered, opaque, sealed envelopes. Recruitment staff will not have access to the allocation sequences. After eligibility confirmation, written informed consent, and baseline assessment, an independent allocator will open the next envelope in the relevant stratum in numerical order.
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
44 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07889258
Sponsor's protocol ID
2026-132
Status last verified
Oct 2026
First submitted
15 Oct 2026
Last updated
22 Oct 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No: There is no plan to share individual participant data with other researchers.

Publications

  • Yeşil A, Ergün Ü, Amasyalı C, Er F, Olgun NN, Aker AT. Validity and reliability of the Turkish version of the Professional Quality of Life Scale. Noro Psikiyatr Ars. 2010;47(2):111-117. doi:10.4274/npa.5210.

  • Çalışkan BB, Güneş A, Tekin YE, Yıldız Ayvaz M, Kızıl H. The effect of conscious mindfulness-based program (MBP) applied to emergency nurses on their anxiety and quality of life: A randomized controlled study. Journal of Psychiatric Nursing. 2024;15(3):225-233. doi:10.14744/phd.2024.48615.

  • Stoewen DL. Dimensions of wellness: Change your habits, change your life. Can Vet J. 2017 Aug;58(8):861-862. No abstract available.

    PubMed 28761196
  • Cohen C, Pignata S, Bezak E, Tie M, Childs J. Workplace interventions to improve well-being and reduce burnout for nurses, physicians and allied healthcare professionals: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2023 Jun 29;13(6):e071203. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-071203.

    PubMed 37385740
  • Yilmaz G, Ustun B, Gunusen NP. Effect of a nurse-led intervention programme on professional quality of life and post-traumatic growth in oncology nurses. Int J Nurs Pract. 2018 Dec;24(6):e12687. doi: 10.1111/ijn.12687. Epub 2018 Aug 5.

    PubMed 30079550
  • Wolever RQ, Simmons LA, Sforzo GA, Dill D, Kaye M, Bechard EM, Southard ME, Kennedy M, Vosloo J, Yang N. A Systematic Review of the Literature on Health and Wellness Coaching: Defining a Key Behavioral intervention in Healthcare. Glob Adv Health Med. 2013 Jul;2(4):38-57. doi: 10.7453/gahmj.2013.042.

    PubMed 24416684

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Individual Wellness Coaching in people with Quality of Life and Wellness, run by Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi 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 5 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 22 Oct 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 Efza Nur Kaplan, MSc (+905436826150, efzanur.kaplan@sbu.edu.tr), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Change From Baseline in Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction Subscale Score (time frame: Baseline, immediately after the 8-week intervention, and 1 and 3 months after intervention completion.). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT07889258, which also lists 6 linked publications.

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 22 Oct 2026.

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