Evaluation of Staff COVID-19 Wellbeing Centres in a Healthcare Workplace: COVID-WELL Study

NCT04410016 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: COVID-WELL_May20
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 819
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Evaluation of a workplace intervention to implement supported wellbeing centres in a healthcare workplace during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Mixed-Methods Evaluation study - including collection of service use monitoring data, online survey and qualitative interviews.

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale

  14-item scale to measure mental wellbeing. Total scores range from 14 to 70 and higher scores indicate greater positive mental wellbeing.

  Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (5)

• Single Item Measure of Global Job Stressfulness (Houdmont et al, 2019)

  Baseline

• Single Item Global Job Satisfaction Measure (Dolbier et al, 2005)

  Baseline

• Single Item Measure of Presenteeism (Aronsson & Gustafsson, 2004)

  Baseline

• Single Item Measure of Turnover intentions (Ryan et al, 2017)

  Baseline

• Work Engagement (Shaufeli et al, 2006)

  Baseline

Other Outcomes (2)

• Qualitative Interviews with Staff

  Once per study, telephone interview (during a 6-week interview period)

• Qualitative Interviews with Wellbeing Buddies

  Once per study, telephone interview (during a 6-week interview period)

Study Arms (1)

Staff Wellbeing Centre

EXPERIMENTAL

Wellbeing Centres are rooms where staff employed at the hospital trust can go for a break, rest, relaxation, quiet time out, advice support or signposting. They are manned by Wellbeing Buddies who are support workers who offer advice and signposting services. The Centres are accessible to all staff at the Trust.

Other: Staff Wellbeing Centres

Interventions

Staff Wellbeing Centres OTHER

2 Centres (rooms) accessible to staff for rest and relaxation, work breaks, supports advice and signposting. They are manned by support workers called Wellbeing Buddies.

Staff Wellbeing Centre

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• National Health Service staff which includes employees, volunteers or healthcare students, as well as bank staff (all have access to the Staff Wellbeing Centres).
• Ability to give informed consent. For survey element: Ability to access the internet (to complete the online survey) For interview element: Ability to attend an individual interview.

You may not qualify if:

• Inability to communicate in spoken English.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Nottingham: lead
• Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 2UH, United Kingdom

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Blake H, Gupta A, Javed M, Wood B, Knowles S, Coyne E, Cooper J. COVID-Well Study: Qualitative Evaluation of Supported Wellbeing Centres and Psychological First Aid for Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 31;18(7):3626. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073626.

  PMID: 33807306 RESULT

• Blake H, Yildirim M, Wood B, Knowles S, Mancini H, Coyne E, Cooper J. COVID-Well: Evaluation of the Implementation of Supported Wellbeing Centres for Hospital Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 15;17(24):9401. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17249401.

  PMID: 33333913 RESULT

Related Links

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Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Masking Details: This is an evaluation of a service - the Wellbeing Centres at Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Trust - which are a form of 'intervention' for staff provided during the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore the investigators will conduct interviews with people who have used the centres, or who have acted as support workers within them. The investigators will survey all staff in the Trust, and interview up to 45 participants.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dr Holly Blake, Associate Professor of Behavioural Science

Model Details: All staff have access to the Staff Wellbeing Centres (usual practice). In this study the investigators will conduct a questionnaire survey with all Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) staff about their mental wellbeing, and use of this facility. The investigators will conduct qualitative interviews with users and non-users of the Wellbeing Centres (staff) as well as the Wellbeing Buddies (support workers).

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 22, 2020
• First Posted: June 1, 2020
• Study Start: May 25, 2020
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2020
• Study Completion: October 30, 2020
• Last Updated: August 30, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Time Frame: Interview data will be available on request at study end (after publication of findings).
• Access Criteria: On request.

Locations

GB (1)