Nurse Health Pilot: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual ACT-intervention in Nurses During COVID-19

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Stress

• Registration Number: NCT04821037
• Lead Sponsor: Prof. Dr. Andrew Gloster

Brief Summary

Frontline nurses increasingly face challenges between executing their jobs to the best of their ability and caring for their own physical and mental health. Such a stressful and fast-changing work environment impacts the nurses' psychological wellbeing, resulting in high levels of stress and burnout, which in turn negatively affects patient care and outcomes.

The aim of this study is to investigate whether a short virtual intervention, based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and adapted to caregivers, can lead to a reduction in psychological distress that may be associated with caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The intervention will be held online in a group setting during two half-day workshops using a conference application (e.g. Zoom).

Note: This study is part of an international joint research project "Nurse Health" between the Faculty of Psychology (University of Basel) and the Nethersole School of Nursing (Chinese University of Hong Kong), funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), with the Leading House for the Bilateral Science and Technology Cooperation Programme with Asia at ETH Zürich (Project No. COV_09_062020).

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-03-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-26
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-29
• Status Verified: 2021-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-05-27
• Study Start: 2021-06-01
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-02
• Primary Completion: 2021-07-01
• Study Completion: 2021-08-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• at least 18 years of age
• degree in nursing
• working 40% or higher in a team of nurses in the somatic area
• currently or previously in contact with COVID-19 patients
• working in Switzerland

Exclusion Criteria

• working in non-somatic areas (e.g. psychiatry)
• working in non-hospital environments (e.g. home treatment)
• not owning an electronic device
• unable to understand and speak German

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Psychological Flexibility Questionnaire (PsyFlex)	8 weeks	Assessment of psychological flexibility (6 items)
Valued Living Questionnaire (VLQ)	8 weeks	Assessment of the extent of valued living (10 items)
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)	8 weeks	Assessment of the perception of psychological stress (10 items)
General Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7)	8 weeks	Assessment of the severity of anxiety (7 items)
Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS)	8 weeks	Assessment of the severity of burnout (22 items)
Mental Health Continuum Short Form (MHC-SF)	8 weeks	Assessment of perceived emotional wellbeing (14 items)
Mueller and McCloskey Satisfaction Scale (MMSS)	8 weeks	Assessment of nurses' job satisfaction (31 items)
Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)	8 weeks	Assessment of the severity of depression (9 items)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Homework Completion	8 weeks	Percentage of completed homework
Program Attendance/ Attrition Rate	8 weeks	Percentage of program attendance
Program Satisfaction	8 weeks	Rate of nurses' satisfaction with the program

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel; 🇨🇭 Basel, BS, Switzerland