Testing a Training Program to Enhance Emotional Management Skills and Professional Resiliency in Healthcare Providers

NCT02552264 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: NSHA REB ROMEO File #: 1019748
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Behaviour Change Institute (BCI) was created in 2008 within Capital Health to provide healthcare providers with evidence-based skills in helping patients change. In addition, the BCI has also become a resource within the organization to assist with other needed changes, such as helping healthcare providers use new or different procedures to provide better patient care. Through our work at the BCI we have identified the need to help healthcare providers to better cope with change. The purpose of this project is to implement and to evaluate an evidence-based professional resiliency training program for staff to help them better cope with change. This professional resiliency training program is based on an empirically supported form of therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The training takes the form of a hands-on, applied workshop designed to increase resiliency and flexibility in a workplace setting.

Conditions

Burnout, Professional; Adaptation, Psychological

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Psychological Flexibility

  The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, a 7-item self-report scale which measures one's willingness to experience difficult thoughts and emotions while also persisting in the pursuit of values and goals.

  Change from T1 (baseline) to T2 (1 week) and change from T1 (baseline) to T3 (3 months)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in Burnout

  Change from T1 (baseline) to T2 (1 week) and change from T1 (baseline) to T3 (3 months)

• Absenteeism

  at 2 years

Study Arms (2)

Immediate intervention

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Workplace

Waitlist control

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Behavioral: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Workplace

Interventions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Workplace BEHAVIORAL

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Also known as: Professional Resiliency

Immediate intervention; Waitlist control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 19 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Employees (full time or part time; administrative or clinical) within service areas with managerial approval to attend the training program.

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Nova Scotia Health Authority: lead
• IWK Health Centre: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Nova Scotia Health Authority

Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H2y9, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Professional

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Burnout, Psychological; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Dayna Lee-Baggley, Ph.D.

  Nova Scotia Health Authority

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 15, 2015
• First Posted: September 17, 2015
• Study Start: November 1, 2020
• Primary Completion: October 23, 2023
• Study Completion: December 30, 2023
• Last Updated: August 21, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-08

Locations

CA (1)