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Not yet recruitingNCT07100717Updated Aug 3, 2025

Intervention Study on Compassion Fatigue and Satisfaction in Omani Nurses

An interventional study of 2-days workshop and self-mindfulness practices in Registered Nurses, Compassion Fatigue and Occupational Stress, sponsored by Oman Ministry of Health. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Oman. Open to participants aged 21 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-08-03.

Sponsored by Oman Ministry of Health · Not applicable, Interventional, and Screening

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
21 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the level of compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction among nurses working at Ministry of Health hospitals. It will also examine the significant demographics, work-related contributing factors, and the impact of a mindfulness self-care program on nurses' compassion fatigue and compassion satisfaction level.

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A cross-sectional design will be used for the first stage of the study. A pre-post- intervention study will be utilized for the second stage of the study. A convenience sample of 361 nurses from six governmental hospitals of the Ministry of Health will be enrolled for the first stage of the study. A minimum of (50) participants, from the hospital with the highest level of compassion fatigue will be included in the intervention stage of the study. An integrated guided mindfulness intervention will be implemented, which will include a 2-day face-to-face workshop and self-practice activities.

The Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL), version 5 (Stamm, 2010), which measures compassion fatigue, will be used in addition to the participants demographic and work-related contributing factors.

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Conditions studied

  • Registered Nurses
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Occupational Stress
  • Mental Health

Keywords

  • Nurses
  • Oman
  • Compassion Fatigue
  • Compassion Satisfaction
  • Burnout
  • Intervention
  • Healthcare Workers
  • Mental Health
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
21 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Registered nurses (males \& females; Omani \& Non-Omani)
  • With direct patient care
  • A minimum of six months experience in same hospital's unit/word
  • Currently not receiving psychiatric or mental therapy

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Registered nurses with no direct patient care
  • Less than six months of work experience in a hospital unit/word
  • Currently under psychiatric or mental therapy
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Screening
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    mindfulness-based self-care (MBSC) program

    A 2-day workshop and self-mindfulness practices

    Behavioral: 2-days workshop and self-mindfulness practices

Interventions

  • Behavioral2-days workshop and self-mindfulness practices

    Participants will attend 2-days face-to-face workshop on mindfulness-based self-care (MBSC) program. After the completion of the 2-days workshop, the participants will be required to complete self-mindfulness practices within a period of 4 weeks

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Compassion Fatigue

    The compassion fatigue level will be measured using The Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale, version 5. The ProQOL is a 5-point Likert well-known scale (1= never, 5= very often) that utilized globally to assess the compassion fatigue (Babaei \& Haratian, 2020; Hooper et al., 2010). The instrument consists of three subscales, which are compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. The scale is constructed of 30-items; where 10 items measuring each subscale (i.e. compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress). The response of instruments' items are based on the respondent's opinions and feelings for the last 30 days (Babaei \& Haratian, 2020). The cut-scores are set around the 25th and 75th percentiles. The instrument demonstrated a good construct validity as well as good internal consistency of reliability for each subscale with Cronbach alphas of 0.87, 0.72, and 0.80, respectively (Hooper et al., 2010).

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of Mindfulness-self practices at 4 weeks

  2. Compassion Satisfaction

    Compassion satisfaction level will be measured by The Professional Quality of Life (ProQOL) scale, version 5. The instrument consists of three subscales, which are compassion satisfaction, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress. The response of instruments' items are based on the respondent's opinions and feelings for the last 30 days (Babaei \& Haratian, 2020). The cut-scores are set around the 25th and 75th percentiles. The instrument demonstrated a good construct validity as well as good internal consistency of reliability for each subscale with Cronbach alphas of 0.87, 0.72, and 0.80, respectively (Hooper et al., 2010).

    Time frame: From enrollment to the end of mindfulness-self practice sessions at 4 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Demographic and work-related characteristics

    The demographic and work-related characteristics will be assessed using a developed questionnaire for the purpose of this study. The questionnaire includes items of age, gender, marital status, education degree, years of experience, and working department/word/unit.

    Time frame: At the end of mindfulness-self practice at 4 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • MoH Regional Hospital
    Rustaq, South Batinah 329, Oman
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07100717
Lead sponsor
Oman Ministry of Health
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 3, 2025
Start date
Sep 21, 2025 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jan 29, 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 3, 2025

Study contacts

Shawana M Al Harrasi, PhD
Contact
shawana.alharrasi@ochs.edu.om
+96899367472
Fatma Al Muqbali, PhD
Contact
fatema.almaqbali@ochs.edu.om
+96899897141
Shawana M Al Harrasi, PhD
principal investigator · Oman College of Health Sciences

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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