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- Title
The Evaluation of a Narrative Intervention for Health-Care Professionals in an Urban Oncology Inpatient Unit.
- Authors
Saint-Louis, Nicole M.; Senreich, Evan
- Abstract
Background: Oncology professionals in fast-paced urban hospitals are at risk for burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Objective: This exploratory study evaluated the effectiveness of a workplace narrative intervention for oncology professionals in regard to reducing burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Methods: Thirty-five oncology health-care providers from three inpatient oncology units within an urban medical center completed the Professional Quality of Life Scale and the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey before and after four monthly group narrative oncology interventions during the work day. Findings: Findings lend tentative support to the effectiveness of this intervention in reducing different aspects of burnout and secondary traumatic stress. Conclusions: Oncology social workers are in a prime position to take a leadership role in instituting such interventions in urban hospitals.
- Subjects
URBAN hospitals; SECONDARY traumatic stress; MEDICAL centers; POST-traumatic stress; ONCOLOGY; SOCIAL workers; INNER cities
- Publication
Urban Social Work, 2018, Vol 2, Issue 2, p176
- ISSN
2474-8684
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1891/2474-8684.2.2.176