Improvement of psychological resilience in UK medical students Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Conditions
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
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
| Measure | Time 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
| Measure | Time 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
Outcome results
None listed