Dissect study: improving staff stress, job satisfaction and staff turnover rates in care homes for people living with dementia

Dissect: Dementia: Improving Staff Stress and Satisfaction. Evaluation by Cluster Trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN80487202

Enrollment

200

Registered

2013-07-24

Start date

2013-09-30

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-07-03

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Conditions

Mental Health/Stress Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Fifteen experimental groups will be instructed to undergo the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) course online. To maximise the power of the trial, fifteen control groups will receive the inter

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Permanent day staff members of the individual care facility that has direct person care contact with people with dementia

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Non-permanent staff (agency staff) of the care facility that provide cover only and night staff

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. The Work Stress Inventory measure covers 6 domains (events, resident care, co-worker relations, supervisor relations, workload and physical design. 2. The Approaches to Dementia Measure (ADQ): A 19 item scale related to staff attitudes towards dementia 3. Staff Experience of Working with Residents Living with Dementia Questionnaire (SEWDRQ) [17]: a 21-item assessment of staff experiences, satisfaction, and relationships with both other staff and relatives of residents with dementia. 4. SF12 v2: a 12-item, multi-dimensional instrument designed to measure overall mental and physical health 5. Satisfaction With Job Facets: A satisfaction scale related to 5 job facets concerning feelings about the job, co-workers, the work done. Aspects of the job such as working hours, physical surroundings and requirements for doing the job such as supervision etc. 6. Karasek Job Content Questionnaire: designed to measure social and psychological characteristics of the job including decision latitude, psychological demands and social support. 7. Stanford Presenteeism scale: seeks to determine the effects of health on productivity. It measures participants? abilities to concentrate and perform work despite having a primary health problem.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. The Work Stress Inventory measure covers 6 domains (events, resident care, co-worker relations, supervisor relations, workload and physical design. 2. The Approaches to Dementia Measure (ADQ): A 19 item scale related to staff attitudes towards dementia 3. Staff Experience of Working with Residents Living with Dementia Questionnaire (SEWDRQ) [17]: a 21-item assessment of staff experiences, satisfaction, and relationships with both other staff and relatives of residents with dementia. 4. SF12 v2: a 12-item, multi-dimensional instrument designed to measure overall mental and physical health 5. Satisfaction With Job Facets: A satisfaction scale related to 5 job facets concerning feelings about the job, co-workers, the work done. Aspects of the job such as working hours, physical surroundings and requirements for doing the job such as supervision etc. 6. Karasek Job Content Questionnaire: designed to measure social and psychological characteristics of the job including decision latitude, psychological demands and social support. 7. Stanford Presenteeism scale: seeks to determine the effects of health on productivity. It measures participants? abilities to concentrate and perform work despite having a primary health problem.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Staff job satisfaction levels 2. Staff attitudes to people with dementia	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 10, 2026