Nurse Health Pilot: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual ACT-intervention in Nurses During COVID-19

NCT04821037 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: NHP
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 10
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Frontline nurses increasingly face challenges between executing their jobs to the best of their ability and caring for their own physical and mental health. Such a stressful and fast-changing work environment impacts the nurses' psychological wellbeing, resulting in high levels of stress and burnout, which in turn negatively affects patient care and outcomes. The aim of this study is to investigate whether a short virtual intervention, based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and adapted to caregivers, can lead to a reduction in psychological distress that may be associated with caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic. The intervention will be held online in a group setting during two half-day workshops using a conference application (e.g. Zoom). Note: This study is part of an international joint research project "Nurse Health" between the Faculty of Psychology (University of Basel) and the Nethersole School of Nursing (Chinese University of Hong Kong), funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), with the Leading House for the Bilateral Science and Technology Cooperation Programme with Asia at ETH Zürich (Project No. COV\_09\_062020).

Conditions

Stress

Keywords

stress; resilience; wellbeing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (8)

• Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)

  Assessment of the perception of psychological stress (10 items)

  8 weeks

• General Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)

  Assessment of the severity of anxiety (7 items)

  8 weeks

• Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)

  Assessment of the severity of depression (9 items)

  8 weeks

• Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS)

  Assessment of the severity of burnout (22 items)

  8 weeks

• Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF)

  Assessment of perceived emotional wellbeing (14 items)

  8 weeks

• Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PsyFlex)

  Assessment of psychological flexibility (6 items)

  8 weeks

• Valued Living Questionnaire (VLQ)

  Assessment of the extent of valued living (10 items)

  8 weeks

• Mueller and McCloskey Satisfaction Scale (MMSS)

  Assessment of nurses' job satisfaction (31 items)

  8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Program Attendance/ Attrition Rate

  8 weeks

• Homework Completion

  8 weeks

• Program Satisfaction

  8 weeks

Study Arms (1)

ACT

EXPERIMENTAL

A digitally-based ACT program will be conducted in two half-day workshops via meeting software (e.g. Zoom) consisting of: 1. mindfulness exercises, for stress reduction and to guide nurses to observe their painful thoughts and feelings that they are attempting to avoid; 2. ACT-metaphors, to let nurses realize the cost of struggling with psychological distress often create more distress; 3. experiential exercises, to guide nurses to notice their own experiences in providing nursing care throughout their nursing career and explore any special qualities; 4. explore the nurses' values with respect to different areas in their lives.

Behavioral: ACT

Interventions

ACT BEHAVIORAL

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

ACT

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• at least 18 years of age
• degree in nursing
• working 40% or higher in a team of nurses in the somatic area
• currently or previously in contact with COVID-19 patients
• working in Switzerland

You may not qualify if:

• working in non-somatic areas (e.g. psychiatry)
• working in non-hospital environments (e.g. home treatment)
• not owning an electronic device
• unable to understand and speak German

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Prof. Dr. Andrew Gloster: lead
• State Secretariat for Education Research and Innovation, Switzerland: collaborator
• ETH Zurich (Switzerland): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel

Basel, Canton of Basel-City, 4055, Switzerland

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Andrew T Gloster, Prof. Dr.

  Division of Clinical Psychology & Intervention Science, University of Basel

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Eveline Frey, M Sc.

CONTACT

+41 78 741 41 19; eveline.frey@unibas.ch

Fabio Coviello, B Sc.

CONTACT

fabio.coviello@unibas.ch

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Prof. Andrew Gloster

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 26, 2021
• First Posted: March 29, 2021
• Study Start: June 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2021
• Study Completion: August 1, 2021
• Last Updated: June 2, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CH (1)