Use of Death Cafes to Prevent Burnout in ICU Healthcare Employees
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Official title
Systematic Trial Of PrevenTing Healthcare Employee Burnout: Using Reflection & Nourishment
Brief summary
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Burnout affects a significant number of healthcare employees and leads to worsened mental health, increased job turnover, and patient safety events. Those caring for critically ill patients may be especially susceptible due to high patient mortality, long hours, and regular encounters with traumatic and ethical issues. Preliminary studies suggest that debriefing opportunities may reduce burnout through reflection on distressing patient events, enhancement of social support, and interprofessional collaboration. Death Cafés are a specific form of debriefing that focus on discussing death, dying, loss, and illness. The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether biweekly Death Cafe group debriefing sessions can prevent burnout in ICU physicians and staff.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT04347811
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 340 participants
Conditions and interventions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- Not listed
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
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Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 19, 2020
- Primary completion
- Dec 25, 2022
- Completion
- Dec 25, 2022
- Last update posted
- Feb 5, 2023
2020 – 2022
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 4
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulane Medical Center | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70112 | — |
| University Medical Center | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70112 | — |
| Children's Hospital New Orleans | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70118 | — |
| Ochsner Medical Center | New Orleans | Louisiana | 70121 | — |
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- Last update posted Feb 5, 2023 · Synced Sep 10, 2026
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