Associations of regrets and coping strategies with job satisfaction and turnover intention: international prospective cohort study of novice healthcare professionals

BackgroundPsychosocial context, characterized by the levels of job demands, shift/night work, burnout, and teamwork, as well as presence of certain somatic complaints (chronic respiratory, skin, and musculoskeletal symptoms) and health disorders could affect the work ability and job satisfaction of health professionals (HPs).The aim of this prospective cohort study will be to assess changes in self-reported psychosocial factors, work ability, and job satisfaction, as well as to evaluate the incidence of somatic complaints and health disorders in anaesthesia HPs. Additional objective of the study will be to evaluate associations between analysed variables.Cohort participantsHPs working in a health institution for anaesthesia, reanimation and intensive care from Skopje will be included in the first phase of the study with a possibility to enrol other health institutions during the next phases of the research. The first phase will involve about 120 anaesthesia HPs (about 50 physicians and 70 nurses).Data collection phasesAt enrolment point, the participants will be invited to complete questionnaires and to attend a preventive medical examination by a specialist in occupational medicine (OM). The follow-up will include an annually self-administered questionnaire as well as periodic visits to an OM specialist.Main types of data collectedData collected for participants will include demographic and job characteristics; physical, organisational, emotional, and cognitive job demands; characteristics of shift/night work; burnout dimensions; teamwork; presence of chronic respiratory, skin, and musculoskeletal symptoms; work ability index; and job satisfaction factors (planning issues, general attitudes, performance issues, management issues, supervisory issues, training and salary issues, and benefits issues). Regarding medical examination by an OM specialist, a plenty of data on health status as well as work ability, will be collected at enrolment phase, and during follow-up.

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Are pain coping strategies and neuropathic pain associated with a worse outcome after conservative treatment for Achilles tendinopathy? A prospective cohort study

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport ◽

10.1016/j.jsams.2021.04.001 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Iris F. Lagas ◽

Arco C. van der Vlist ◽

Robert F. van Oosterom ◽

Peter L.J. van Veldhoven ◽

Jan H. Waarsing ◽

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Keyword(s):

Neuropathic Pain ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Conservative Treatment ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Prospective Cohort Study ◽

Prospective Cohort ◽

Achilles Tendinopathy ◽

Pain Coping

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Ulcerative colitis outcomes research in Japan: protocol for an observational prospective cohort study of YOURS (YOu and Ulcerative colitis: Registry and Social network)

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2019-030134 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (9) ◽

pp. e030134

Author(s):

Hajime Yamazaki ◽

Katsuyoshi Matsuoka ◽

Jovelle Fernandez ◽

Toshifumi Hibi ◽

Mamoru Watanabe ◽

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Keyword(s):

Ulcerative Colitis ◽

Cohort Study ◽

Social Network ◽

Psychosocial Factors ◽

Prospective Cohort Study ◽

Prospective Cohort ◽

Healthcare Professionals ◽

Practice Patterns ◽

Young Patients ◽

Patient Reported

IntroductionUlcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory disease that mainly affects the colon in young patients. Typical symptoms of UC are bloody diarrhoea and faecal urgency, which disturb the quality of life (QOL) of patients, and intractable UC leads to hospitalisation and colectomy. To improve relevant outcomes such as symptoms, QOL and colectomy, many clinical questions need to be resolved regarding what the ideal lifestyle, psychosocial burden and optimal practice patterns are. In this YOu and Ulcerative colitis: Registry and Social network (YOURS) study, we will investigate the effect of lifestyle, psychosocial factors and practice patterns on patient-reported outcomes (PRO), hospitalisation rate and colectomy rate in Japanese patients with UC.Methods and analysisFor this prospective cohort study, we recruited 2006 patients from five hospitals (Tokyo and Chiba; May 2018–January 2019). Patients will be able to access their own data and compare them with summarised data from all patients on the website beyond the YOURS study. At baseline, patients will answer a questionnaire regarding lifestyle (diet, exercise, sleep and work), psychosocial factors (stress, depression and social support) and PRO (symptoms and QOL). Information on practice patterns (eg, medications, endoscopy frequency) will be collected from electronic medical records. Gaps between patients’ needs and healthcare professionals’ practice will be identified. Follow-up surveys will be conducted periodically for approximately 3 years. Research questions suggested by patients and healthcare professionals may be used in subsequent surveys. Results from the YOURS study will demonstrate optimal UC management strategies to improve relevant outcomes.The study was approved by the ethics committees of five investigational sites before starting the study. The results will be submitted to journals.UMIN000031995.

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