Exploring the Efficiency of Stress Management Training Programs in Reducing Stress Levels Within Nursing Professionals in a Tertiary Care Center in Nepal
概览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 干预措施
- Stress Management Training
- 疾病 / 适应症
- Mental Health
- 发起方
- Dhulikhel Hospital
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Depression Anxiety Stress Scale - 21
- 状态
- 已完成
- 最后更新
- 10天前
概览
简要总结
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if stress management programs can help alleviate existing and prevent future symptoms of stress in nursing professionals working in a tertiary care center in Nepal.
Researchers will compare the treatment group (exposed to stress management training) to the control group (not exposed to stress management training) to see if
- Stress management sessions lead to reduction of levels of stress among nurses at tertiary level hospital in Nepal.
- To compare the pre and post training stress levels among participants of intervention and control group
Participants will Fill out the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 and the Perceived Stress Scale before either being exposed to a 4-session stress management training (treatment group) or not being exposed to such training (control). All participants (both groups) will fill out the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 and the Perceived Stress Scale for pre-post comparative measure.
详细描述
This study will aim to explore the effectiveness of a stress management program in nursing professionals in a community teaching hospital in Nepal. A 4-day stress management training program will be conducted and pre and post-training stress levels will be measured using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Stress-Subscale of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) one week prior to and after the training program. This experimental pre-post double arm study will involve 86 participants - all nursing staff from the Dhulikhel Hospital. Participants will be divided into 2 groups - treatment and control. The treatment group will be further divided into 2 groups of 20-25. The stress management training program will be held across 4 weeks with both groups receiving one training course each week (eg. Week 1 - session 1; Week 2 - session 2). Both questionnaires will be distributed again to both groups, 1 month after the last stress management session (1 - month follow up) .The control group whilst not being subjected to the Stress management training during the study period, will obtain the training upon study completion.
研究者
Rebecca Makaju Shrestha
Psychologist
Dhulikhel Hospital
入排标准
入选标准
- •Nurses employed at the Dhulikhel Hospital
- •Minimum one year work experience
- •Minimum qualification certificate level of nursing
- •Fluent in spoken and written English
排除标准
- •Nurses with the post of nurse manager and above
- •Nursing Students
- •History having undergone stress management training in the past
- •Absent for one or more sessions
- •Incidence of a major stressful/critical life event during the study (e.g., divorce, death, and other critical events)
研究组 & 干预措施
Stress Management Group
Participants in this group will be provided with a demographic questionnaire, the DASS-21 and the PSS one week prior to and after the stress management training. The treatment group will be sub-divided into 2 groups of 20-25 participants and subjected to a 4-session stress management training program over the course of 4-weeks (one 40 minute session each week). The DASS and the PSS will be administered to this group one week and one month post completion of the final stress management training session.
干预措施: Stress Management Training
Control Group
This control group will fill out the DASS-21 and PSS with the treatment group prior to the treatment group commencing stress management and will also fill out the DASS-21 and PSS upon completion of the treatment group's stress management training. This group will however not obtain stress management training during the study. Training will be provided upon study completion.
结局指标
主要结局
Depression Anxiety Stress Scale - 21
时间窗: One week prior to 4-week intervention, one week and one month post-intervention.
The DASS-21 is a 21-item tool measuring signs and symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress. The DASS-21 displays good to excellent internal consistency. Previous studies have reported a Cronbach's α ranging from 0.82 - 0.90 for Depression, .74 - .83 for Anxiety, and 82 - .87 for Stress. The DASS-21 has also been validated in Nepal with good reliability for each subscale, with Cronbach's alphas 0.79 for Anxiety, 0.91 for Stress, and 0.93 for Depression. Each item is on a 4-pint likert scale with higher scores indicating heightened symptoms of Depression, Anxiety and Stress.
Perceived Stress Scale
时间窗: One week prior to 4-week intervention, one week and one month post-intervention.
The PSS displays good internal consistency with a Cronbach's α ranging from 0.74 - 0.91. A Nepali version of the PSS has also been evaluated yielding validity, strong overall internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.95) and inter-rater reliability (ICC = 0.96). PSS scores can range from 0 to 56 with a higher score indicating higher levels of perceived stress.