None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Burnout and poor wellbeing are commonly experienced by healthcare workers. Patient safety may be affected by healthcare workers' level of burnout and wellbeing. The ‘ACT in the Workplace’ program is based on an evidence-based workplace intervention. This project aims to determine if the ‘ACT in the Workplace’ program and its evaluation are feasible and acceptable to Australian healthcare workers to help design a future, larger study. Additional aims include exploring if the program changes levels of burnout and wellbeing, psychological flexibility, perceptions of the organisation, and sleep quality. The program is a group training for healthcare workers, involving three 2-hour meetings and a follow-up 2-hour meeting scheduled over 4 consecutive weeks. For healthcare workers attending the program who consent to participate in the study, participation will involve completing questionnaires using REDCap taking 7 minutes three times: before the program starts, just after completing the program, and 3 months after completing the program. We expect the program will be feasible and acceptable to Australian healthcare workers, and will improve wellbeing and reduce burnout. This is the first study to evaluate the program implementation among Australian healthcare workers.
Interventions
Brief name: ‘ACT in the Workplace’ Program
Burnout and poor wellbeing are commonly experienced by healthcare workers. Patient safety may be affected by healthcare workers' level of burnout and
wellbeing. The ‘ACT in the Workplace’ program is based on
an evidence-based workplace intervention (Flaxman , Bond & Livheim, 2013).
The ‘ACT in the Workplace’ program is a group training for healthcare workers, involving three weekly 2-hour meetings and a follow-up 2-hour meeting scheduled 1 week after t
Brief name: ‘ACT in the Workplace’ Program Burnout and poor wellbeing are commonly experienced by healthcare workers. Patient safety may be affected by healthcare workers' level of burnout and wellbeing. The ‘ACT in the Workplace’ program is based on an evidence-based workplace intervention (Flaxman , Bond & Livheim, 2013). The ‘ACT in the Workplace’ program is a group training for healthcare workers, involving three weekly 2-hour meetings and a follow-up 2-hour meeting scheduled 1 week after the last meeting. Over the three training sessions workers are engaged in learning skills in present moment awareness, active acceptance and taking actions based on personal values. Workers are encouraged to use the skills in their day to day lives, both at work and in their personal lives. The program is delivered online or in person by at minimum 2 trained facilitators (typically registered or provisionally registered psychologists), one of whom is experienced in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Facilitators use this trainer manual: Flaxman, P.E., McIntosh, R., & Oliver, J. (2019). Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) for Workplace Settings: Trainer Manual. City, University London (February 2019). The trainer manual includes participant handouts and scripts for audio-recordings. The intervention is not planned to be personalised. Fidelity to the program will be logged by facilitators. Reference: Flaxman, PE., Bond, PE., & Livheim, F. (2013). The Mindful and Effective Employee: An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Training Manual for Improving Well-Being and Performance. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger.
Sponsors
La Trobe University
Study design
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary purpose
Prevention
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 64 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Employed at a participating healthcare service Adult (aged 18-64) Enrolled in ‘ACT in the Workplace’ program
Exclusion criteria
None
Outcome results
None listed