Evaluation of Staff COVID-19 Wellbeing Centres in a Healthcare Workplace: COVID-WELL Study
- Conditions
- Mental Health Wellness 1
- Interventions
- Other: Staff Wellbeing Centres
- Registration Number
- NCT04410016
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Nottingham
- Brief Summary
Evaluation of a workplace intervention to implement supported wellbeing centres in a healthcare workplace during and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
Mixed-Methods Evaluation study - including collection of service use monitoring data, online survey and qualitative interviews.
- Detailed Description
Project Aims:
1. To describe the cost, reach and usage of the Staff Wellbeing Centres
2. To gather insight into experiences of those who access the facility ('service users') as well as those of support workers ('wellbeing buddies').
3. To identify any facilitators, obstacles or barriers to accessing the facility.
4. To identify perceptions of facility users and non-users towards the value of the facilities during and after the coronavirus pandemic.
5. To establish recommendations for longer-term sustainability of the wellbeing centres.
Interviews will be conducted with up to 45 interview participants (10-15 Wellbeing Buddies, 25-30 Staff).
Online survey will be conducted - all Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) staff invited to take part (\>14,000).
The survey will include measures of mental wellbeing (Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale, 14-item - license received), and single items measures of job stressfulness, job satisfaction, presenteeism, turnover intentions and work engagement.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 819
- National Health Service staff which includes employees, volunteers or healthcare students, as well as bank staff (all have access to the Staff Wellbeing Centres).
- Ability to give informed consent. For survey element: Ability to access the internet (to complete the online survey) For interview element: Ability to attend an individual interview.
• Inability to communicate in spoken English.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Staff Wellbeing Centre Staff Wellbeing Centres Wellbeing Centres are rooms where staff employed at the hospital trust can go for a break, rest, relaxation, quiet time out, advice support or signposting. They are manned by Wellbeing Buddies who are support workers who offer advice and signposting services. The Centres are accessible to all staff at the Trust.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale Baseline 14-item scale to measure mental wellbeing. Total scores range from 14 to 70 and higher scores indicate greater positive mental wellbeing.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Single Item Measure of Presenteeism (Aronsson & Gustafsson, 2004) Baseline Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 4, with higher scores indicating greater presenteeism.
Single Item Measure of Turnover intentions (Ryan et al, 2017) Baseline Single-item measure. Scored 1=no intent to leave, 2=intent to leave
Work Engagement (Shaufeli et al, 2006) Baseline Dedication subscale of the 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (3 items will be used: 2, 3 and 4). Scores range from 0 to 6, with higher scores indicating greater work engagement.
Single Item Measure of Global Job Stressfulness (Houdmont et al, 2019) Baseline Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 5 and higher scores indicated greater job stressfulness.
Single Item Global Job Satisfaction Measure (Dolbier et al, 2005) Baseline Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 5 and higher scores indicated greater job satisfaction.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
🇬🇧Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom