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Reducing Burnout in VA Primary Care

This study is testing a program called Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (EBQI) to help reduce burnout among healthcare providers and staff in VA primary care clinics. Burnout is a long-term feeling of exhaustion and stress from work. The study aims to see if EBQI can help develop and put into practice ways to reduce burnout, which can improve productivity, patient care, and staff retention. This study will involve 203 participants, including primary care providers, nurses, and administrative staff, from 5 VA primary care clinics. The main goal is to measure burnout levels annually for three years to see if the EBQI program is effective. The current status of this study is unclear.

Study design
This interventional study plans to enroll 203 participants. It will use a modified stepped wedge design.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Burnout will be measured annually from enrollment until the end of the study, three years later.

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NCT07031245

Evidence-Based Quality Improvement to Reduce VA Primary Care Burnout

Recruiting
NAAll AgesInterventionalHealth services
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
~203 participants
Updated 2026-08-19 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Evidence-based quality improvement (EBQI)

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 5 listed sites are recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Burnout
Measured over Annually, from enrollment until the end of the study, three years later (4 survey administrations).

Conditions

Burnout
Burnout Syndrome

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Physical AND emotional exhaustion state

NCT07031245

Where you'd take part

This study runs at 5 sites. They're the same protocol — you choose where, and that choice sets who your contact draft is addressed to.

  • Bakersfield VA Clinic, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

    Bakersfield, Californiastudy coordinator listed

    Not yet recruiting

  • Santa Maria VA Clinic, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

    Santa Maria, Californiastudy coordinator listed

    Not yet recruiting

  • Sepulveda VA Medical Center, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

    North Hills, Californiastudy coordinator listed

    Not yet recruiting

  • Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center, VA Long Beach Healthcare System

    Long Beach, Californiastudy coordinator listed

    Not yet recruiting

  • West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

    Los Angeles, Californiastudy coordinator listed

    Recruiting

Sites open and close at different times, so the status above is per site — it can differ from the study's overall status.

Who to contact

Eric A Apaydin, PhD
[email protected]
310-478-3711 · ext. 44157
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

5 primary care clinics (2 VA Medical Centers \[VAMCs\] and 3 community-based outpatient clinics \[CBOCs\]) in 2 VA healthcare systems in 1 VA Veterans Integrated Service Network
Primary care providers, registered nurses, clinical associates (e.g., licensed vocational or practical nurses), or administrative associates (e.g., clerks) on regular Patient-Aligned Care Team (PACT) teamlets at a study site.

Exclusion

All other VAMCs and CBOCs.
Other primary care professionals at a study site.
Members of special types of PACT teamlets at a study site.

What this trial measures

  • BurnoutAnnually, from enrollment until the end of the study, three years later (4 survey administrations).

    22-item Maslach Burnout Inventory. Minimum score of 0 for all domains. Maximum score of 54 for emotional exhaustion domain. Maximum score of 30 for depersonalization domain. Maximum score of 48 for personal accomplishment domain. Higher scores are worse, except for the personal accomplishment domain where higher scores are better.