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An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based workplace intervention for improving wellbeing of NHS staff

An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based workplace intervention for improving well-being and reducing burnout in NHS staff

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN29599982
Enrollment
140
Registered
2018-07-20
Start date
2017-09-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-09-04

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Conditions

Wellbeing and occupational burnout Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Wellbeing and occupational burnout

Interventions

NHS staff participants will be randomised into two groups, an intervention and control group, by independent primary care managers following a randomisation schedule using an online randomisation tool
Hayes, 1987
Hayes, Strosahl, & Wilson, 1999) is a newer type of cognitive behaviour therapy, specifically designed to improve psychological flexibility (PF). The intervention will be based on an existing standard
see also Flaxman & Bond, 2010a
Flaxman et al., 2013). Participants will be invited to attend four two-hour group sessions. The four-week workshop will be delivered to 10 -15 participants and will occur on four consecutive weeks. It
(2) equip them with mindfulness skills (3)
help them to clarify their own personal values and to enact behaviours that are consistent with these values. To do this the intervention will also include two of ACT’s well-known metaphors (passenger

Sponsors

University of Leeds
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. NHS staff 2. Working in Leeds, West Yorkshire and the Humber 3. Aged 18 years or older

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: There will also be one exclusion criterion: not presently at work.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
General well-being and mental health measured using the GHQ-12 (Goldberg & Williams, 1988) at the baseline, one-week after beginning the intervention, after 4 weeks and at the 14 week follow up.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Burnout measured using the Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure (SMBM; Shirom, 2003; Shirom & Melamed, 2006). 2. Work-related worry and rumination during non-work time using the Affective Rumination Subscale of the Work-related Rumination Questionnaire (WRRQ; Cropley, Michalianou, Pravettoni, & Millward, 2012). 3. Patient safety measured using items from Louch et al. (in press; 2016). Process of change measures: 4. Psychological flexibility measured using the Multidimensional Experiential Avoidance Questionnaire (MEAQ) – Distress Endurance subscale (Gamez et al., 2011). 5. Mindfulness measured using the 15-item Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (Gu et al., 2016; Baer et al., 2006, 2008). 6. Values measured using the Valuing Questionnaire (VQ; Smout et al. 2014). 7. Self-Compassion measured using the Self-Compassion Scale – short-form (SCS-SF; Raes et al., 2011).

Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026