Effectiveness of an intervention package to reduce occupational stress among secondary school teachers in Sinhala medium government schools in the District of Colombo, Sri Lanka – A Cluster Randomized Trial

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: Occupational Health

Registration Number: SLCTR/2019/017

Lead Sponsor: Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo

Brief Summary: ot available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Eligibility criteria for clusters

• Type 1AB or 1C school in the Colombo district where at least 40 secondary school teachers in grades 6
to 13 would be teaching

Eligibility criteria for secondary teachers

• Secondary school teachers employed by Types 1AB and 1C Sinhala medium government schools in Colombo district

• Secondary school teachers who will not transfer out for 6 months

• Secondary school teachers who do not plan on long leave within 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria for the secondary teachers

• Teachers diagnosed as having psychiatric disorders

• Teachers who score high” OS (Occupational Stress) level in the TSI (Teacher Stress Inventory) (>2.88)
and who are subsequently found to be having stress associated psychiatric disorders

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
o Proportion of secondary school teachers with <br> OS – using Teacher Stress Inventory (TSI) <br> Questionnaire which was validated to Sri Lanka [ Prior to the study and 6 months after the commencement of the intervention ]<br> o Proportion of secondary school teachers <br> with psychological distress – using GHQ <br> (General Health Questionnaire) 30 questionnaire which was validated to Sri Lanka [ Prior to the study and 6 months after the commencement of the intervention ]<br> o Mean difference of OCOST score <br> (organizational consequences of OS) of <br> secondary school teachers using a <br> questionnaire developed and validated in Sri <br> Lanka as a part of this MD study [ Prior to the study and 6 months after the commencement of the intervention ]<br>

Secondary Outcome Measures