Wellness Intervention for Nurses Post Traumatic Growth and Selfcare

NCT06674876 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2021-1156
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 160
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Nurses working in home and hospice care settings find their roles emotionally challenging and are at high risk for trauma, strain and fatigue. Such sufferings were high among nurses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Our study tested the effectiveness of a self-reflexive wellness intervention to promote resilience, posttraumatic growth and subjective wellbeing among nurses. Participants were divided in three different groups. One group did not intervention whereas the other two were assigned writing 2 blogs each week and attending a wellness workshop. Findings showed that writing weekly blogs helped nurses to be self reflexive about their feelings, generated self-awareness and improved their wellbeing.

Conditions

Trauma, Psychological; Moral Injury; Compassion Fatigue

Keywords

resilience; trauma; nurses; palliative care; subjective wellbeing; post traumatic growth; self reflexivity; existential wellbeing; blog writing

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Resilience

  Resilience is defined as ability to adapt. it was measured using Brief resilience scale

  at baseline, 4 and 6 weeks

• Subjective wellbeing

  Measured using Subjective Wellbeing Inventory (SUBI) scale

  at baseline, 4 and 6 weeks

• Post traumatic growth

  measured using Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) Scale

  at baseline, 4 and 6 weeks

Study Arms (3)

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

This group only filled pre and post surveys at baseline, 4 and 6 weeks

IG 1-Blog writing

OTHER

This group were asked to write 2blogs a week for four weeks based on SOPHIE framework

Behavioral: Blog writing

IG2-Blog writing and workshop

OTHER

This group was asked to write 2bolgs a week for four weeks and then attend a 4hour wellness workshop

Behavioral: Blog writing

Interventions

Blog writing BEHAVIORAL

Participants were asked to write 2blogs online for four weeks and attend a 4hours wellness workshop

Also known as: wellness workshop

IG 1-Blog writing; IG2-Blog writing and workshop

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Individuals who are actively practicing as registered nurses in palliative care settings (i.e., nursing homes, hospices, and long-term care settings); 2) individuals who can read and speak English, and 3) individuals who are age 18 years or above.

You may not qualify if:

• Those who are not registered nurses and are not working in palliative care setting.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Purdue University: lead
• University of East London: collaborator
• Kennesaw State University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Purdue University

West Lafayette, Indiana, 47907, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Trauma; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Compassion Fatigue; Wounds and Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Trauma and Stressor Related Disorders; Mental Disorders; Mental Fatigue; Fatigue; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior; Occupational Stress; Stress, Psychological

Study Officials

• Nasreen Lalani, PhD

  Purdue University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: Palliative care nurses who participated in Presurvey were then divided under one control and two intervention groups

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 4, 2024
• First Posted: November 5, 2024
• Study Start: November 15, 2021
• Primary Completion: August 20, 2022
• Study Completion: November 30, 2022
• Last Updated: November 5, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)