Music Therapy and Humanization in ED Healthcare Professionals

Fundación Santa Fe de Bogota25 enrolled

Overview

Background: Healthcare professionals in emergency departments frequently experience stressful situations that could jeopardize their mental health, sense of purpose, and ability to empathize with patients, families, and colleagues. Research question: What is the impact of a short music therapy program on the intra- and interpersonal factors of humanized care among emergency nursing staff at the University Hospital Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá (FSFB)? Methodology: This research is a mixed-methods pilot and feasibility study. For the quantitative component, we will apply the HUMAS (Healthcare Professional Humanization Scale) and ProQOL (Professional Quality of Life) measure at the start and at the end of the music therapy program. For the qualitative component, focus group interviews will be conducted and analyzed via thematic analysis. Discussion: This study seeks to support the nursing staff of the FSFB emergency department through an interactive, creative, and participatory music therapy self-care program focused on one of the most important pillars of the institution: the humanization of care.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Stress Burnout Quality of Life (QOL)

Interventions

Music therapy interventionBEHAVIORAL

The intervention protocol is based on four main themes, which are addressed over the course of eight sessions: * Self-care * Self-recognition and expression of emotions * Empathy * Teamwork Each theme is related to factors from the HUMAS (affection, self-efficacy, emotional understanding, dispositional optimism, and sociability) and/or ProQOL (compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue). A variety of techniques related to the four main methods of music therapy will be used in the sessions: receptive, re-creative, composition, and improvisation.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Be a member of the emergency department nursing staff at the FSFB for a minimum of 6 months. * Be able to commit to participating in eight music therapy sessions over a four-week period. * Have the minimum reading skills to understand the questionnaires Exclusion Criteria: \- Staff with untreated mental health disorders.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

HUMAS (Healthcare Professional Humanization Scale)

The HUMAS was developed by Pérez-Fuentes et al. and has been validated in Spanish among nursing professionals. It consists of 19 items evaluated on a 5-point Likert scale, with a total score ranging from 0 to 95, with higher scores indicating greater intra- and interpersonal skills that favor the humanization of the service provided. The items are divided into 5 factors: affection; self-efficacy: emotional understanding; disposition to optimism; sociability.

Time frame: From enrollment to the end of the music therapy program after one month

Secondary Outcomes

ProQOL (Professional Quality of Life) measure

The ProQOL measure is one of the most widely used scales to determine quality of life in health professionals. It consists of 30 items rated retrospectively (over the past month) on a 5-point Likert scale. The scale measures the following factors: compassion satisfaction, burnout, and compassion fatigue. Each factor scores from 0 to 50, with higher scores indicating a greater satisfaction with an individual's work (compassion satisfaction) or higher scores indicating greater experience of fatigue, stress, or emotional exhaustion (compassion fatigue and burnout). The psychometric properties show satisfactory internal consistency and discriminant validity and it has been recently used in nursing teams in emergency units.