Occupational Distress in Doctors: The Effect of an Induction Programme

NCT02838290 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 01N/A
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 232
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Background: Over 39% of approximately 3,000 doctors (The British Medical Association quarterly survey, 2015) admitted to frequently feeling drained, exhausted, overloaded, tired, low and lacking energy. Such occupational distress may link to psychological and physical difficulties in doctors and have negative outcomes for organization and patients. The aim of the current study is to investigate the impact of an induction programme on occupational distress of doctors. Methods/design: Doctors will be invited to take part in an online research. Participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Participants in the experimental groups will complete one of the induction topics (about stress at work). Before and after an induction programme participants will be asked to fill in an online survey about their current occupational distress and organizational well-being. Discussion: The investigators expect that doctors' psychological, physiological and organizational well-being will improve after an induction programme which should serve as a resource for better doctor's own health understanding.

Conditions

Burnout, Professional; Anxiety; Grief; Adaptation, Psychological; Eating Behavior; Alcohol Drinking; Drug Use

Keywords

Burnout; Psychiatric morbidity; Anxiety; Grief; Alcohol and drug use

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (10)

• The Anxiety Disorder Scale

  A week

• The Grief Inventory

  A week

• The Coping Mechanisms Scale

  Self-distraction, active coping, substance use, use of emotional support, use of instrumental support, positive reframing, humour, self-blame

  A week

• The Psychiatric Morbidity Scale

  A week

• The Physical Symptoms Scale

  A week

• The Insomnia Scale

  A week

• The Binge Eating Scale

  A week

• The Burnout Inventory

  A week

• Alcohol use

  A week

• Drug use

  A week

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• The Effort-Reward Scale

  A week

• The Work Engagement Scale

  A week

• The Work-Family Conflict Scale

  A week

Study Arms (2)

Induction

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Induction

Control group

OTHER

Other: Control group

Interventions

Induction OTHER

Participants will be randomly assigned (computer generated straight away after clicking the link to the research) to one of 4 experimental conditions: stress at work, dealing with a patient's death, managing stress at work or all topics together. Each module includes brief reflection parts and quizzes. Participants will be asked to fill in an online survey just before the induction and a week after. The survey is about current occupational distress and organizational factors.

Induction

Control group OTHER

Participants in the control group will be asked to fill in an online survey, but will not have any task at time-1. However, participants in the control group will be invited to complete induction programme after time-2 (a week time after time-1) in ensure the same expectations in both, experimental and control, groups.

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Medical doctors across all specialties and professional grades who have a regular contact with patients and works in the United Kingdom.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Birkbeck, University of London: lead

Related Publications (2)

• Medisauskaite A, Kamau C. Does occupational distress raise the risk of alcohol use, binge-eating, ill health and sleep problems among medical doctors? A UK cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2019 May 15;9(5):e027362. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027362.

  PMID: 31092661 DERIVED

• Medisauskaite A, Kamau C. Reducing burnout and anxiety among doctors: Randomized controlled trial. Psychiatry Res. 2019 Apr;274:383-390. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2019.02.075. Epub 2019 Mar 1.

  PMID: 30852432 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Professional; Anxiety Disorders; Feeding Behavior; Alcohol Drinking; Burnout, Psychological

Interventions

Neoadjuvant Therapy; Control Groups

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Mental Disorders; Behavior, Animal; Drinking Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Combined Modality Therapy; Therapeutics; Epidemiologic Research Design; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Research Design; Methods

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Doctoral Researcher

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 6, 2016
• First Posted: July 20, 2016
• Study Start: July 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: November 1, 2016
• Study Completion: November 1, 2016
• Last Updated: January 31, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share