An observational study in Burnout, Professional, Occupational Stress and Psychological Resilience, sponsored by Acibadem University. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to participants aged 18 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-23.
Sponsored by Acibadem University · Observational
This cross-sectional descriptive study aims to identify the demographic, occupational, organisational and individual psychological factors that predict burnout among physiotherapists working in active clinical practice in Turkey. Using a four-block hierarchical multiple regression approach, the relative contribution of workload and role factors, organisational factors, psychological resilience, self-efficacy and Type A behaviour pattern to the three dimensions of burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment) will be quantified. Turnover intention is examined as a secondary dependent variable. Data are collected through an anonymous online survey distributed nationwide.
216 studies on the registry are indexed under Burnout, Professional; 33 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 400 is above the median of 223 across 52 observational studies indexed under Burnout, Professional.
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Licensed physiotherapists in active clinical practice in Turkey, working across a range of sectors and clinical fields. Participants are recruited nationwide by snowball and purposive sampling through the Turkish Physiotherapy Association, professional social media groups and university physiotherapy departments.
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Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.
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Licensed physiotherapists working in active clinical practice across Turkey, recruited nationwide through professional associations, professional social media groups and university physiotherapy departments. Participants complete a single anonymous online questionnaire battery; no intervention is applied.
Burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory, MBI)
The MBI is a 22-item self-report instrument assessing burnout in three subscales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalisation (5 items) and personal accomplishment (8 items). Items are rated on a five-category frequency scale from 0 (never) to 4 (always). The personal accomplishment subscale is reverse scored, so that lower scores on that subscale indicate greater burnout; higher scores on emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation indicate greater burnout. Each subscale is analysed as a separate dependent variable.
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Turnover intention (Mobley Turnover Intention Scale)
A 3-item scale assessing intention to leave the current job across three dimensions: thinking of quitting, intention to search for alternative employment and probability of leaving. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree), giving a total score of 3 to 15. Higher scores indicate greater turnover intention. Used as a secondary dependent variable.
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Psychosocial work environment (Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire III, COPSOQ III)
COPSOQ III comprises 87 items across 25 subscales. Each subscale is scored separately on a 0 to 100 scale, with 0 to 33 indicating low risk, 33 to 66 moderate risk and 66 to 100 high risk. Job satisfaction items use a 4-point Likert format and the remaining dimensions a 5-point Likert format. High scores on quantitative demands, emotional demands and role conflict are interpreted as risk factors, whereas high scores on the remaining subscales are interpreted as protective factors. Workload, role and organisational subscales serve as predictor blocks in the regression models.
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Psychological resilience (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, CD-RISC-10)
The 10-item short form of the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, assessing coping with adversity, adaptation to change, seeking social support and self-confidence over the past month. Items are rated from 0 (not true at all) to 4 (true nearly all the time), giving a total score of 0 to 40. Higher scores indicate greater resilience. There are no reverse-scored items.
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
General self-efficacy (Self-Efficacy Scale)
A 17-item scale assessing general perceived self-efficacy in coping with everyday difficulties, maintaining goal-directed behaviour and dealing effectively with novel situations. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 to 5, giving a total score of 17 to 85, with higher scores indicating greater perceived self-efficacy. Eleven items are reverse worded and are reverse coded before analysis.
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
Type A behaviour pattern (Bortner Rating Scale, short form)
A bipolar 7-item scale based on the Type A and Type B personality model. For each item a value between 1 and 8 is selected, with the left pole representing Type B (calm, less competitive) and the right pole Type A (hurried, highly competitive) characteristics. The raw total is multiplied by three to obtain the final score, ranging from 21 to 168; scores of 100 and above indicate Type A and scores below 100 indicate Type B characteristics.
Time frame: Single assessment at enrollment (Day 1)
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