Testing a Training Program to Enhance Emotional Management Skills and Professional Resiliency in Healthcare Providers
Primary Purpose
Burnout, Professional, Adaptation, Psychological
Status
Unknown status
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Canada
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Workplace
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Burnout, Professional
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Employees (full time or part time; administrative or clinical) within service areas with managerial approval to attend the training program.
Exclusion Criteria:
- None
Sites / Locations
- Nova Scotia Health AuthorityRecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Placebo Comparator
Arm Label
Immediate intervention
Waitlist control
Arm Description
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Change in Psychological Flexibility
The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, a 7-item self-report scale which measures one's willingness to experience difficult thoughts and emotions while also persisting in the pursuit of values and goals.
Secondary Outcome Measures
Change in Burnout
The Maslach Burnout Inventory, a 22-item self-report scale that measures three facets of burnout including emotional exhaustion (e.g. emotionally overextended within one's job); depersonalization (e.g. having impersonal responses to one's customers/clients; and personal accomplishment (e.g. sense of competence).
Absenteeism
Number of hours missed from the workplace due to illness from time sheets submitted by each employee to payroll.
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT02552264
First Posted
September 15, 2015
Last Updated
January 31, 2019
Sponsor
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Collaborators
IWK Health Centre
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT02552264
Brief Title
Testing a Training Program to Enhance Emotional Management Skills and Professional Resiliency in Healthcare Providers
Official Title
Implementing and Evaluating an Empirically Supported Training Program to Enhance Emotional Management Skills and Professional Resiliency in Healthcare Providers
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
January 2019
Overall Recruitment Status
Unknown status
Study Start Date
November 2015 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
October 2019 (Anticipated)
Study Completion Date
October 2019 (Anticipated)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Collaborators
IWK Health Centre
4. Oversight
Data Monitoring Committee
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
The Behaviour Change Institute (BCI) was created in 2008 within Capital Health to provide healthcare providers with evidence-based skills in helping patients change. In addition, the BCI has also become a resource within the organization to assist with other needed changes, such as helping healthcare providers use new or different procedures to provide better patient care. Through our work at the BCI we have identified the need to help healthcare providers to better cope with change. The purpose of this project is to implement and to evaluate an evidence-based professional resiliency training program for staff to help them better cope with change. This professional resiliency training program is based on an empirically supported form of therapy called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. The training takes the form of a hands-on, applied workshop designed to increase resiliency and flexibility in a workplace setting.
Detailed Description
The Behaviour Change Institute (BCI) was created in 2008 within Capital Health to provide healthcare providers with behaviour change counselling skills. These skills are backed by evidence-based theory and competency training methods and are designed to be used by healthcare providers to help their patients change their behaviours. Acquiring these skills involves change for the healthcare provider. Through our work at the BCI we have come to identify the need to help healthcare providers effectively manage their emotions in such situations in order to learn behavior change counselling skills and to continue to use them effectively over time. The ability to effectively manage emotions, including discomfort and distress, may differentiate between individuals who are able to successfully adopt and maintain new behaviours over time from those who do not (Brown, Lejuez, Kahler, Strong, & Zvolensky, 2005). That is, we have identified that there is a significant need to support healthcare providers to more effectively manage emotions in order to help them change.
The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Workplace program (ACT-W) is an evidence-based program designed to help individuals manage emotions and stress by learning skills to accept negative feelings, thoughts, and sensations and to move toward valued behaviours (Flaxman, Bond, Livheim, Hayes, 2013). The ACT-W program has been shown to increase the ability to manage emotions and stress (Flaxman & Bond, 2010) and to increase the ability to learn new behaviours (Bond & Flaxman, 2006; Luoma et al., 2007; Varra, Hayes et al., 2008).
The purpose of this project is to evaluate the implementation of the ACT-W training program for healthcare providers through the BCI.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Burnout, Professional, Adaptation, Psychological
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Other
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Crossover Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
240 (Anticipated)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Immediate intervention
Arm Type
Active Comparator
Arm Description
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Arm Title
Waitlist control
Arm Type
Placebo Comparator
Arm Description
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Intervention Type
Behavioral
Intervention Name(s)
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for the Workplace
Other Intervention Name(s)
Professional Resiliency
Intervention Description
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Change in Psychological Flexibility
Description
The Acceptance and Action Questionnaire, a 7-item self-report scale which measures one's willingness to experience difficult thoughts and emotions while also persisting in the pursuit of values and goals.
Time Frame
Change from T1 (baseline) to T2 (1 week) and change from T1 (baseline) to T3 (3 months)
Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Change in Burnout
Description
The Maslach Burnout Inventory, a 22-item self-report scale that measures three facets of burnout including emotional exhaustion (e.g. emotionally overextended within one's job); depersonalization (e.g. having impersonal responses to one's customers/clients; and personal accomplishment (e.g. sense of competence).
Time Frame
Change from T1 (baseline) to T2 (1 week) and change from T1 (baseline) to T3 (3 months)
Title
Absenteeism
Description
Number of hours missed from the workplace due to illness from time sheets submitted by each employee to payroll.
Time Frame
at 2 years
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Minimum Age & Unit of Time
19 Years
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Employees (full time or part time; administrative or clinical) within service areas with managerial approval to attend the training program.
Exclusion Criteria:
None
Central Contact Person:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name or Official Title & Degree
Dayna Lee-Baggley, Ph.D.
Phone
902-473-4686
Email
dayna.lee-baggley@nshealth.ca
Overall Study Officials:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Dayna Lee-Baggley, Ph.D.
Organizational Affiliation
Nova Scotia Health Authority
Official's Role
Principal Investigator
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Nova Scotia Health Authority
City
Halifax
State/Province
Nova Scotia
ZIP/Postal Code
B3H2y9
Country
Canada
Individual Site Status
Recruiting
Facility Contact:
First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
Dayna L Lee-Baggley, PhD
Phone
9024734686
Email
dayna.lee-baggley@nshealth.ca
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