NCT06815484

Preventing Burnout Among Caregivers Through Physical Activity

Single-centre, Randomised, Controlled Study Designed to Evaluate the Impact of a Nine-week Supervised Physical Activity Programme Physical Activity Programme on Reducing the Risk of Burnout in Burnout in Carers

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 86 (estimated)
• Sponsor: GCS Ramsay Santé pour l'Enseignement et la Recherche · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of an adaptive physical activity programme to prevent the risk of burnout at the end of the programme (10 weeks after the start of the intervention).

Detailed description

The PACA trial is a pilot, prospective, comparative, randomised (2 arms), controlled, single-centre study. The study population consisted of adult healthcare professionals at the Clinique de la Sauvegarde with a low to moderate level of physical activity and no contraindications to physical activity. Participants will be randomised into two arms (ratio 1:1): * Arm A (intervention): Participants will benefit from an adaptive physical activity programme supervised by a physical activity professional over a 9-week period. * Arm B (control): Participants will receive the recommendations of the world health organisation for physical activity.

Conditions

• Burn Out

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Intervention group with physical activity programme	Programme comprising active breaks to be incorporated into daily life, supervised group physical activity sessions with personalised advice and a motivational interview with a physical activity professional to encourage regular physical activity.
OTHER	Recommendations of the World Health Organisation	The World Health Organisation's recommendations on physical activity, which recommend at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity activity or 75 minutes of high-intensity activity, and highlight the importance of limiting sedentary behaviour.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-03-12
• Primary completion: 2026-06-30
• Completion: 2026-06-30
• First posted: 2025-02-07
• Last updated: 2026-03-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France