Burnout, Professional, Anxiety, Grief, Adaptation, Psychological, Eating Behavior, Alcohol Drinking, Drug Use
Conditions
Keywords
Burnout, Psychiatric morbidity, Anxiety, Grief, Alcohol and drug use
Brief summary
Background: Over 39% of approximately 3,000 doctors (The British Medical Association quarterly survey, 2015) admitted to frequently feeling drained, exhausted, overloaded, tired, low and lacking energy. Such occupational distress may link to psychological and physical difficulties in doctors and have negative outcomes for organization and patients. The aim of the current study is to investigate the impact of an induction programme on occupational distress of doctors. Methods/design: Doctors will be invited to take part in an online research. Participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Participants in the experimental groups will complete one of the induction topics (about stress at work). Before and after an induction programme participants will be asked to fill in an online survey about their current occupational distress and organizational well-being. Discussion: The investigators expect that doctors' psychological, physiological and organizational well-being will improve after an induction programme which should serve as a resource for better doctor's own health understanding.
Interventions
OTHERInduction
Participants will be randomly assigned (computer generated straight away after clicking the link to the research) to one of 4 experimental conditions: stress at work, dealing with a patient's death, managing stress at work or all topics together. Each module includes brief reflection parts and quizzes. Participants will be asked to fill in an online survey just before the induction and a week after. The survey is about current occupational distress and organizational factors.
OTHERControl group
Participants in the control group will be asked to fill in an online survey, but will not have any task at time-1. However, participants in the control group will be invited to complete induction programme after time-2 (a week time after time-1) in ensure the same expectations in both, experimental and control, groups.
Sponsors
Birkbeck, University of London
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Medical doctors across all specialties and professional grades who have a regular contact with patients and works in the United Kingdom.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Drug use | A week | — |
| The Binge Eating Scale | A week | — |
| The Burnout Inventory | A week | — |
| Alcohol use | A week | — |
| The Anxiety Disorder Scale | A week | — |
| The Grief Inventory | A week | — |
| The Coping Mechanisms Scale | A week | Self-distraction, active coping, substance use, use of emotional support, use of instrumental support, positive reframing, humour, self-blame |
| The Psychiatric Morbidity Scale | A week | — |
| The Physical Symptoms Scale | A week | — |
| The Insomnia Scale | A week | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The Work Engagement Scale | A week |
| The Work-Family Conflict Scale | A week |
| The Effort-Reward Scale | A week |
Outcome results
None listed