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SOS Inpatients: a pilot study of enhanced support, openness and supervision for staff working on adult mental health wards

A pilot randomised controlled trial of enhanced support, openness and supervision for staff working on adult mental health wards

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN96754763
Enrollment
100
Registered
2011-03-17
Start date
2010-11-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2017-07-03

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

Conditions

Mental health Mental and Behavioural Disorders Mental health

Interventions

A modified cognitive analytic therapy approach to clinical supervision for ward staff in groups. Entitled 'Sharing, Openness and Supervision', this aims to change ward culture so that morale is improv
the control arm is not active. The duration of the intervention will be one year and data on job satisfaction will be collected from ward staff at the beginning and end of the year. There will be no f

Sponsors

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Staff working on acute open mental health wards in the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: St Charles Hospital and the South Kensington and Chelsea Centre for Mental Health. Data will not be collected from patients at any point during the course of the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Staff-level data: All staff who make up the ward establishment, from a list supplied by the ward manager, will be approached. For these staff data collection will be completed on baseline measures prior to randomisation, using: 1. Maslach Burnout Inventory: a 15-item measure to assess emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment 2. Job Content Questionnaire: a 34-item measure to assess job-related stress 3. Basic demographic data: including age, gender and number of hours worked. We will collect this using a proforma specifically designed for the study.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
The following data will be collected from the ward and Trust databases: 1. Untoward incidents: 1.1. Total number of untoward clinical incidents on the ward including medication errors and near-misses in the 6 months prior to randomisation (March - August 2010) 2. Level of severity of clinical untoward incidents rated according to the IR1 form 5-point severity rating scale in the 6 months prior to randomisation 2. Staff costs (6 months prior to randomisation): 2.1. Agency and locum usage 2.2. Turnover of staff 2.3. Sickness rates among ward staff 2.4. Suspensions, disciplinaries

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

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