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An evaluation of a cognitive-behavioural intervention for medical students

ACTIVATE: A randomised Controlled evaluation of Thumos: a cognitive-behavioural InterVention for medicAl sTudEnts

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN12744098
Enrollment
220
Registered
2025-06-11
Start date
2025-06-16
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Improvement of psychological resilience in UK medical students Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

UK medical students in clinical placement years will be randomised 1:1 to receive either Thumos (a CBT intervention of two online group workshops and one individual video/phone call) or Services As Us
only intervention arm medical students will be invited to take part in qualitative interviews. The study will invite UK medical educators from medical schools with participating students within the in

Sponsors

University of Manchester
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: UK medical students in years involving clinical placements (e.g., Y4/Y5) nationally. We will recruit from these groups for the main trial until the recruitment target is reached

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not meeting the participant inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Psychological resilience will be measured using the 6-item Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) at baseline, post-intervention, 4- and 9-month follow-up. The primary endpoint is psychological resilience at the 4-month follow-up.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The following secondary outcome measures are assessed at baseline, post-intervention, 4- and 9-month follow-up: 1. Confidence in coping with adverse events measured using the Confidence in Coping with Adverse Events (CCAE) questionnaire 2. Burnout measured using the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) 3. Depression measured using the Patient-Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) 4. Areas of Quality of Life will be measured using the Recovery of Quality of Life-Utility Index (ReQoL-UI) 5. Self-reported sickness absence measured using two question items. The first question asks about total days lost within the past 4 weeks; the second question asks how many working or studying days specifically were lost within this timeframe. 6. Support access will be measured using four question items. Four question items will be used to assess whether participants are accessing any form of psychological wellbeing service, which type of support they are accessing, when they began accessing this, and when they anticipate they will stop accessing this

Countries

England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Wales

Contacts

Public ContactJudith Johnson
judith.johnson@manchester.ac.uk+44 (0)161 306 7811

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026