The Effects of Stress Inoculation Training Program on Occupational Stress Level, Coping Style, and Sleep Quality in New Psychiatric Nurses.

NCT07105774 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 202401-37
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 72
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The aim of this clinical trial is to find out whether a stress inoculation program can reduce occupational stress in new psychiatric nurses. The main question it aimed to answer was: Does a stress inoculation training program improve participants' occupational stress, coping styles, and sleep quality? The researchers compared the stress inoculation training to a conventional training control to see if the stress inoculation training reduced occupational stress.

Conditions

Nurse; Psychiatric; Stress Inoculation Training

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Job stress scale for newly-graduated nurses (JSSNGN)

  Job stress scale for newly-graduated nurses (JSSNGN) is used to measure the level of occupational stress among new nurses. The scale consists of 4 dimensions and 24 items, including tasks in general care (9 items), tasks in critical care (4 items), interpersonal relationships (5 items), and leadership and management (6 items), and is based on a Likert's 5-point scale, ranging from "not stressful at all" to "extremely stressful", with Cronbach's α=0.93. JSSNGN was used to measure the level of occupational stress of new psychiatric nurses in this study. The scale has a total score range of 24 to 120, with higher scores representing greater occupational stress.

  From enrollment to the end of treatment at 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Simplified Coping Style Questionnaire (SCSQ)

  From enrollment to the end of treatment at 12 weeks

• Pittsburgh sleep quality index (PSQI)

  From enrollment to the end of treatment at 12 weeks

Study Arms (2)

The control group received routine training

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

routine theoretical knowledge training and clinical practice training.

Behavioral: routine training

The intervention group received the SIT program

EXPERIMENTAL

Establishment of online training groups, Establishment of stress reduction workshops and peer support groups, Organization of recreational activities and games for groups, ntroducing the concept, the program's curriculum, and process organization, Cognitive restructuring training, Relaxation training, Setting up virtual stressful situations and conducting stress resilience exercises, Self-reinforcement and consolidation, Applying competencies to solve practical problems, Recall and consolidation of course content

Behavioral: stress inoculation training program

Interventions

stress inoculation training program BEHAVIORAL

The intervention group received the SIT program for 12 weeks. From 1st-2nd weeks, participants were admitted to an online training group set up via DingTalk, attending an offline stress reduction workshop were grouped into groups of 5-6, with games and small activities to promote group bonding. Psychiatric-psychological nurse specialist introduced the participants to the concept of SIT, the curriculum, and asked them to describe their initial knowledge and understanding of SIT. In addition, through cognitive restructuring training, the participants were made to review their work experience, understand the work stress and psychological pain they faced, and correctly recognize the role of cognition and emotion in causing and maintaining stress. From 3rd-6th weeks, participants were portrayed and discussed through videos and images, exploring personal, organizational and environmental stressors for new psychiatric nurses. Psychiatrists led relaxation exercises (e.g. positive thinking, med

Also known as: stress inoculation training

The intervention group received the SIT program

routine training BEHAVIORAL

The control group received training in accordance with the "New Entry Nurse Training Syllabus (Trial)", which included routine theoretical knowledge training and clinical practice training.

The control group received routine training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• obtained nurse practitioner's license;
• nurses who were newly employed within the last three years and have been in their position for one month or longer;
• directly interacting with patients with mental illnesses in daily work;
• obtained informed consent to participate voluntarily in this study.

You may not qualify if:

• non-fresh graduates;
• these taking vacations, refresher courses during the study period;
• were breastfeeding or pregnant;
• had attended a similar stress intervention training (e.g., Positive Thinking Stress Reduction training, etc.) within the past year;
• new major non-work stressors (e.g., death of a close family member, divorce, exposure to a major natural disaster, etc.) within the last six months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Huzhou University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Huzhou University

Huzhou, Zhejiang, 313000, China

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Senior Nurse

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 27, 2025
• First Posted: August 6, 2025
• Study Start: September 7, 2024
• Primary Completion: January 30, 2025
• Study Completion: February 3, 2025
• Last Updated: August 6, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

CN (1)