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Moral Injury Study Among Healthcare Professionals in Psychiatric Facilities in the PACA Region

NCT07631741 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 2688

Last updated 2026-07-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Healthcare professionals working in psychiatric settings face demanding working conditions characterized by high rates of burnout and specific constraints, such as the deprivation of patients' liberty. \*Moral Injury\* (MI), a relatively recent concept, extends beyond burnout by focusing on the distress arising from ethical conflicts and the dissonance between professional values and the realities of clinical practice. Although the concept has begun to emerge from a theoretical perspective, particularly in the United States, it remains largely unknown in France and has yet to be investigated in psychiatric settings at the international level.

The hypothesis is that MI plays a central role in healthcare professionals' psychological distress and contributes to the major recruitment and retention crisis affecting public psychiatric institutions. This crisis is reflected, for example, in a 40% vacancy rate for hospital physician positions in public facilities, with particularly acute shortages in child and adolescent psychiatry. The demographic crisis in child and adolescent psychiatry is unprecedented, marked by a 30% decline in the workforce over the past decade and projections suggesting a further 50% reduction within the next ten years. At the same time, mental health disorders among adolescents-particularly suicide attempts among girls-have increased substantially since the COVID-19 pandemic.

This study aims to explore the organizational, individual, and systemic factors associated with Moral Injury in order to better understand and prevent this form of professional suffering.

Conditions

  • Moral Injury

Interventions

OTHER

Self-Questionnaires for Healthcare Workers

Health workers will be invited to complete an online self-questionnaire

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Direction Générale de l'Offre de Soins

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Toulon La Seyne sur Mer

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nadège BOURVIS, MD · Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal Toulon La Seyne sur Mer

  • Laurent BOYER, MD · Aix Marseille Université

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-31
Primary Completion
2027-01-31
Completion
2027-01-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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