Investigating the impact of a multicomponent positive participatory organisational intervention on burnout in New Zealand emergency department staff: a prospective, multisite, before and after, mixed methods study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The well-being of healthcare workers (HCWs) is critical to providing excellent care. Recent evidence concerns the well-being of emergency department (ED) HCWs in New Zealand, with high levels of burnout found in a 2020 survey. This threat to providing high-quality acute care warrants improvement interventions. The causes of burnout are complex and multifactorial, the solutions are not straightforward.

Methods and analysis

A prospective, multisite, before and after, mixed methods study assessing a multicomponent intervention, adaptable to local context, that targets three organisation levels (the individual, the group and the system levels) and meaningfully involves frontline HCWs may reduce HCW burnout and improve HCW well-being. Individual HCWs will choose from

SUBMITTER: Nicholls M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11529577 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature