Burnout, Compassion
Conditions
Brief summary
Clinical staff working with people with multiple sclerosis often face emotional fatigue and high levels of burnout. The Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities course is an evidence-based intervention that teaches participants how to meet distress with kindness and care. This study will recruit up to 40 staff from the Barlo MS Clinic at St. Michael's Hospital to take part in a 6-week, 6-session Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities course. Participants will be asked to complete surveys before and after the course to understand the effects of the course on a range of outcomes. Participants will be invited to take part in one qualitative interview on their perspectives on the course.
Interventions
An online 6-week mindful self-compassion course with weekly sessions.
Sponsors
Robert Simpson
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1. Aged 18 years or older 2. Able to understand spoken and written English 3. Current professional affiliation with the Barlo MS clinic
Exclusion criteria
1\) Severe active mental health impairment (psychosis, suicidality)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Recruitment | 6 months | The investigators will measure the number of participants eligible for and recruited to the study. |
| Retention | 6 months | The investigators will measure the percentage of participants who complete outcome data. |
| Adherence | 6 months | The investigators will measure the number of participants who completed the Self-Compassion for Healthcare Communities course. |
| Follow-up rates | 6 months | The investigators will measure the percentage of participants who complete outcome measures pre-intervention, post-intervention, and at 3 months post-intervention. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale - Short Form | Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention | Measures emotion regulation. Answers are assessed using a 5-point Likert scale. Higher values indicate greater difficulties in emotion regulation. |
| Perceived Stress Scale-10 | Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention | Measures one's thoughts and feelings pertaining to stress. The total score can range from 0-40, with higher scores indicating higher perceived stress. |
| Dispositional Joy Scale | Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention | Measures trait/dispositional joy. Answers are assessed using a 7-point Likert scale, with higher scores representing higher joy. |
| Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form | Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention | Measures how one typically acts towards themselves in difficult times. The total score ranges from a 1-5, with higher scores representing high self-compassion. |
| Relational Compassion Scale | Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention | Measure's ones tendencies for receiving and providing relational compassion. Answers are assessed using a 4-point Likert scale. Higher scores represent higher compassion for self and others. |
| Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL) Version 5 | Baseline, post-intervention (6 weeks after baseline), and 3 months post-intervention | Measures the positive and negative effects of one's compassion for those that they help. Includes with subscales for compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue (including burnout). Answers are assessed using a 5-point Likert scale, with higher scores on the compassion satisfaction sub-scale indicating higher compassion satisfaction, and higher scores on compassion fatigue sub-scale indicating higher burnout. |
Countries
Canada
Contacts
Primary ContactRobert Simpson, PhD
Backup ContactJillian Scandiffio, MSc
Outcome results
None listed