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Are Personal Smartphones Hurting Work-Life Balance for Nurse Managers?

NCT06343584 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 6

Last updated 2026-03-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

For leadership positions with only a handful of staff under their direct chain of command, this may not be all-consuming and detrimental to work-life balance. But for NMs with upwards of 100 direct reports, this can make for a never-ending stream of contact points. This study will implement several communication and behavioral strategies to determine how using provided smartphone tools impact work-life balance and professional burnout.

Conditions

  • Burnout

Interventions

OTHER

Study will conducted over a six-month period using a quasi-experimental Pre-test/Post-test design using Stamm's (2009) ProQOL Scale.

Group 1 will receive a list of suggested tools used to decrease the amount of smartphone interruptions after business hours (Appendix B) and Group 2 will receive a work-issued smartphone with instructions for use (Appendix C). Both groups will use a pre-post test format designed to compare the outcomes between the two groups. Post-study analysis will compare pre- and post-tests within each group and will compare Group 1 and Group 2 post-intervention outcomes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Methodist Health System

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brooks Williams, DNP · Methodist Health System

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-07-01
Primary Completion
2022-05-06
Completion
2022-05-06

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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