Effects of Expressive Writing on Stress-Related and Work-Related Outcomes Among Chinese Nursing Interns: a Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 52
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Mean Change from Baseline in Clinical Practice Stress Scores on the Stress Rating Scale for Nursing Interns in Practice at 9 Weeks, 11 Weeks and 13 Weeks
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this interventional study is to assess the effects of an intervention on stress-related and work-related outcomes among Chinese nursing interns. The main questions it aims to answer are:
- Does expressive writing reduce clinical practice stress and improve coping strategies in nursing interns?
- Does expressive writing increase work engagement and perceived professional benefit among nursing interns?
Participants in the intervention group and control group will perform expressive writing and neutral writing, respectively, based on different given instructions. In both groups, writing will last for 10-15 minutes each time, twice a week, for nine weeks.
Researchers will compare the outcomes of the two groups to see if there are differences between clinical practice stress, coping strategies, work engagement, and perceived professional benefit.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
盲法说明
This study is single-blinded. The intervention trainer will not be blinded because a single researcher conducts the study. In order to minimize experimenter bias, outcome assessments will be conducted through an online questionnaire survey platform (Wenjuanxing), with the trainer distributing the same link to all participants. During data collection, only acronyms of the questionnaires will be used to avoid self-fulfilling expectations.
Participants will be informed during the recruitment phase that the study aims to explore the effect of writing on the internship experience and feelings only. Assignment to the intervention or control group will remain undisclosed to participants until the end of the 4-week follow-up. Participants could unblind themselves by exiting the study and requesting debrief information.
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Undergraduate nursing interns with no prior clinical practice experience.
- •Be willing to fill in questionnaires and write according to the assigned writing prompts.
- •Have never participated in writing therapy or stress management intervention programs.
排除标准
- •Refuse to participate.
- •Have severe psychiatric conditions.
- •Undergoing any form of psychotherapy.
- •With a habit of keeping diaries.
- •Withdrawal criteria:
- •Termination of internship for whatever reason.
- •Do not submit writing materials twice.
研究组 & 干预措施
intervention group
干预措施: Expressive writing (Other)
control group
干预措施: Neutral writing (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Mean Change from Baseline in Clinical Practice Stress Scores on the Stress Rating Scale for Nursing Interns in Practice at 9 Weeks, 11 Weeks and 13 Weeks
时间窗: At baseline, post-intervention at Week 9, 11-week and 13-week follow-ups.
The scale consists of 6 dimensions and 37 entries, including the nature of work, workload, preparation for an internship, interpersonal relationships, work support, and learning and work impulse. The scale rates on a 4-point Likert scale, with no stress, mild stress, moderate stress, and severe stress, assigned a score of 0, 1, 2, and 3, respectively, and the higher the score, the greater the stress.
次要结局
- Mean Change from Baseline in Positive and Negative Coping Style Scores on the Brief Coping Style Scale at 9 Weeks, 11 Weeks and 13 Weeks(At baseline, post-intervention at Week 9, 11-week and 13-week follow-ups.)
- Mean Change from Baseline in Work Engagement Scores on the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale at 9 Weeks, 11 Weeks and 13 Weeks(At baseline, post-intervention at Week 9, 11-week and 13-week follow-ups.)
- Mean Change from Baseline in Perceived Professional Benefits Scores on the Perceived Professional Benefits Scale at 9 Weeks, 11 Weeks and 13 Weeks(At baseline, post-intervention at Week 9, 11-week and 13-week follow-ups.)
研究者
JI XUAN
Lecturer
Changzhi Medical College