A workplace organisational intervention to improve hospital nurses' and physicians' mental health: study protocol for the Magnet4Europe wait list cluster randomised controlled trial

Magnet4Europe consortium; W.B. Schaufeli

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059159

A workplace organisational intervention to improve hospital nurses' and physicians' mental health: study protocol for the Magnet4Europe wait list cluster randomised controlled trial

Magnet4Europe consortium
, W.B. Schaufeli

CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands; Maastricht University Medical Center+, Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Toxicology, Maastricht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: [email protected].
University of Pennsylvania
National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Southampton SO14 3ZH, United Kingdom; [email protected].
Technical University of Berlin
Occupational & Organisational Psychology and Professional Learning
University College Cork
Karolinska Institutet
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
King's College London
KU Leuven

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	e059159
Pages (from-to)	1-11
Journal	BMJ Open
Volume	12
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059159
Publication status	Published - 28 Jul 2022

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This study is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the project Magnet4Europe: Improving Mental Health and Wellbeing in the Health Care Workplace (Grant Agreement Number 848031), starting 1 January 2020 until 31 December 2023. The materials presented here are the responsibility of the authors only. The EU Commission takes no responsibility for any use made of the information set out.

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health policy
human resource management
mental health
organisation of health services
protocols & guidelines

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A workplace organisational intervention to improve hospital nurses' and physicians' mental health: study protocol for the Magnet4Europe wait list cluster randomised controlled trial

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