Mental wellbeing in staff working in hospices Other
Conditions
Interventions
Hospices will be randomised to either intervention or control. Randomisation allocation will not be undertaken until sites and participants are enrolled and baseline assessments have been completed
only then will the site be randomised by the trial management team. No participants can be enrolled after the site has been randomised.
Participants in the intervention arm will attend four live onl
Sponsors
University of Edinburgh
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 100 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Doctors 2. Nurses 3. Health Care Assistants 4. Social workers and members of the social work team 5. Allied health professionals 6. Staff offering community-based palliative care (e.g. community palliative care clinical nurse specialists; and health care assistants providing overnight end-of-life home care)
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Staff currently in receipt of any psychological therapy intervention (either in work or outside of work). 2. Staff who have completed a psychological therapy intervention within the last three months. If potential participants have received psychological therapy intervention, but this ended over three months prior to enrolment, they will be eligible to enrol in RESTORE
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mental wellbeing will be measured using the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing scale at recruitment, 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 24 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Burnout will be measured using the Burnout Assessment Tool – Short Form at recruitment, 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 24 weeks 2. Depression, anxiety and stress will be measured using the Depression, anxiety and stress scale at recruitment, 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 24 weeks 3. Thoughts about leaving – past 3 months will be measured by a single item question at recruitment and 24 weeks 4. Intention to leave – future will be measured by a Four item scale at recruitment and 24 weeks 5. Psychological flexibility – healthcare professional will be measured by Mindful Healthcare Scale at recruitment, 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 24 weeks 6. Psychological flexibility – general will be measured by Psy-Flex at recruitment, 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 24 weeks 7. Occupational stress will be measured by Occupational Stress Scale for Palliative Care at recruitment and week 24 8. Stress prone thinking style will be measured by Anxious Thoughts and Tendencies Scale at recruitment, 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 24 weeks 9. Wellbeing resource engagement will be measured by Wellbeing resource engagement questionnaire at 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 24 weeks | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactAlix Macdonald
Outcome results
None listed