A workplace organisational intervention to improve hospital nurses' and physicians' mental health: study protocol for the Magnet4Europe wait list cluster randomised controlled trial. Issue 7 (28th July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Sermeus, Walter; Aiken, Linda H; Ball, Jane; Bridges, Jackie; Bruyneel, Luk; Busse, Reinhard; De Witte, Hans; Dello, Simon; Drennan, Jonathan; Eriksson, Lars E; Griffiths, Peter; Kohnen, Dorothea; Köppen, Julia; Lindqvist, Rikard; Maier, Claudia Bettina; McHugh, Matthew D; McKee, Martin; Rafferty, Anne Marie; Schaufeli, Wilmar B; Sloane, Douglas M; Alenius, Lisa Smeds; Smith, Herbert
• Other Names: author non-byline.; Sermeus Walter author non-byline.; Bruyneel Luk author non-byline.; Witte Hans De author non-byline.; Schaufeli Wilmar B author non-byline.; Dello Simon author non-byline.; Kohnen Dorothea author non-byline.; Aiken Linda author non-byline.; McHugh Matthew author non-byline.; Guidice Mary Del author non-byline.; Smith Herbert author non-byline.; Cheney Timothy author non-byline.; Sloane Douglas author non-byline.; Busse Reinhard author non-byline.; Maier Claudia author non-byline.; Köppen Julia author non-byline.; Kleine Joan author non-byline.; Drennan Jonathan author non-byline.; Vera McCarthy Elaine Lehane author non-byline.; Brady Noeleen author non-byline.; Scott Anne author non-byline.; Sjetne Ingeborg Strømseng author non-byline.; Lerdal Anners author non-byline.; Kjetland Monica Bukkøy author non-byline.; Eriksson Lars E author non-byline.; Lindqvist Rikard author non-byline.; Alenius Lisa Smeds author non-byline.; Ball Jane author non-byline.; Griffiths Peter author non-byline.; Bridges Jackie author non-byline.; Anstee Sydney author non-byline.; Rafferty Anne Marie author non-byline.; McKee Martin author non-byline.; Aken Paul Van author non-byline.; Heusden Danny Van author non-byline.; Siebens Kaat author non-byline.; Bogaert Peter Van author non-byline.;
• Is Part Of: BMJ open. Volume 12:Issue 7(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-07-28
• Subjects: health policy -- protocols & guidelines -- mental health -- human resource management -- organisation of health services; Medicine -- Research -- Periodicals; 610.72
• DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059159
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2044-6055

Abstract

Abstract : Introduction: The increasing burden of mental distress reported by healthcare professionals is a matter of serious concern and there is a growing recognition of the role of the workplace in creating this problem. Magnet hospitals, a model shown to attract and retain staff in US research, creates positive work environments that aim to support the well-being of healthcare professionals. Methods and analysis: Magnet4Europe is a cluster randomised controlled trial, with wait list controls, designed to evaluate the effects of organisational redesign, based on the Magnet model, on nurses' and physicians' well-being in general acute care hospitals, using a multicomponent implementation strategy. The study will be conducted in more than 60 general acute care hospitals in Belgium, England, Germany, Ireland, Norway and Sweden. The primary outcome is burnout among nurses and physicians, assessed in longitudinal surveys of nurses and physicians at participating hospitals. Additional data will be collected from them on perceived work environments, patient safety and patient quality of care and will be triangulated with data from medical records, including case mix-adjusted in-hospital mortality. The process of implementation will be evaluated using qualitative data from focus group and key informant interviews. Ethics and dissemination: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee Research UZ/KU Leuven, Belgium; additionally, ethics approval is obtained in all other participating countries either through a central or decentral authority. Findings will be disseminated at conferences, through peer-reviewed manuscripts and via social media. Trial registration number: ISRCTN10196901 .