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CompletedNCT04149912Updated Mar 14, 2022

Professional Quality of Life in German Psychologists

An observational study in Mental Disorder, Burnout, Caregiver and Burnout, Professional, sponsored by Charite University, Berlin, Germany. Completed at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Months and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-03-14.

Sponsored by Charite University, Berlin, Germany · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Case-only
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
454
Ages
18 Months and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to assess professional quality of life in German psychologists working with patients with mental disorders.

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The purpose of this study is to assess professional quality of life, which includes compassion satisfaction, burnout and secondary traumatization in clinical psychologists, working with patients with mental disorders, in Germany.

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Conditions studied

  • Mental Disorder
  • Burnout, Caregiver
  • Burnout, Professional

Keywords

  • Professional quality of life
  • Compassion satisfaction
  • Burnout
  • Psychologists
  • Mental disorders
  • Mental health
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In context

Occupational Stress

236 studies on the registry are indexed under Occupational Stress; 64 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 454 is above the median of 200 across 64 observational studies indexed under Occupational Stress.

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Lead sponsor

Charite University, Berlin, Germany is the lead sponsor of 836 studies on the registry; 129 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Months and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Clinical psychologists that currently work with patients with mental disorders in Germany.

Inclusion criteria

  • Clinical psychologist
  • Currently working with patients with mental disorders
  • At least 18 years old
  • Sufficient German skills for answering the questionnaire

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

None

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Study design

Observational model
Case-only
Time perspective
Cross-sectional
Enrollment
454 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Groups and cohorts

  • Clinical psychologists in Germany

    Clinical psychologists in Germany currently working with patients with mental disorders

    Diagnostic Test: Online questionnaire

Interventions

  • Diagnostic testOnline questionnaire

    Online questionnaire via SoSciSurvey

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Compassion Satisfaction

    Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Version 5 (ProQOL) - German Version - Subscale "Compassion Satisfaction" (Minimum: 10 - Maximum: 50 - Higher scores mean a higher compassion satisfaction.

    Time frame: 1 day

  2. Burnout

    Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Version 5 (ProQOL) - German Version - Subscale "Burnout" (Minimum: 10 - Maximum: 50 - Higher scores mean a higher level of burnout.

    Time frame: 1 day

  3. Secondary Traumatization

    Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Version 5 (ProQOL) - German Version - Subscale "Secondary Traumatization" (Minimum: 10 - Maximum: 50 - Higher scores mean a higher level of secondary traumatization.

    Time frame: 1 day

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Study locations

1 site
  • Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin - Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy - Charité Campus Mitte
    Berlin, 10117, Germany
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 14, 2022, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04149912
Lead sponsor
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
Responsible party
Moritz Petzold (Principal Investigator, Charite University, Berlin, Germany) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 4, 2019
Start date
Jan 15, 2020
Primary completion
Apr 30, 2020
Completion
Apr 30, 2020
Last update
Mar 14, 2022

Study contacts

Moritz B Petzold, Dipl.-Psych.
principal investigator · Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin- Charité Campus Mitte - Department for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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