The Effect of Expressive Art Therapy on Teacher Burnout and Stress: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 90
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Changes in Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure (SMBM)
研究概览
简要总结
The objective of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to evaluate the effects of Expressive Art Therapy on reducing burnout and stress symptoms among Hong Kong's primary and secondary school teachers.
The proposed study is a pilot randomized controlled trial. Prior to all study procedures, 90 participants (i.e., primary and secondary school teachers) will be recruited to complete an online informed consent with telephone support. Eligible participants will be randomly assigned to either the Expressive Arts Therapy group (ExAT group) or the waitlist control group (WL group) in a ratio of 1:1. The ExAT group will receive the Expressive Arts intervention via face-to-face workshops for 2 consecutive weeks (2 hours per session). There are a total of 3 batches (around 15 participants per batch) for the intervention. Participants in this group will be in touch with their inner selves and inner resources via body movement, writing and music. There will be visual art creation as a conclusion for integrating the body and mind. The art products would be placed in their workplace for stress regulation. The WL control group will not receive any intervention during the study, but they will receive self-help art therapy materials after the whole study procedure. The outcome measures include burnout, stress, depressive, and anxiety symptoms, as well as insomnia symptoms, physical activity, health-related quality of life, and the intervention acceptability at baseline, immediate post-treatment, and 4-week follow-up assessments by completing the same questionnaire set.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 60 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Hong Kong residents aged >/=18
- •Able to read Chinese (verbal expression in Chinese or English)
- •With qualified teaching cert. (degree holder)
- •Willing to provide informed consent and comply with the trial protocol
- •Teacher work in primary or secondary school in Hong Kong
排除标准
- •Current involvement in psychological treatment program for stress and / or burnout reduction
- •A change in psychotropic drugs or over-the-counter medications that target mood within 2 weeks before the baseline assessment
- •A Patient Health Questionnair-9 (PHQ-9) item 9 score > 2 indicating a serious level of suicidal risk
结局指标
主要结局
Changes in Shirom-Melamed Burnout Measure (SMBM)
时间窗: baseline (week 0), immediate post intervention (week 3) and 4-week post intervention follow up
A 14-item questionnaire with 7-point scale will be used for physical fatigue, emotion exhaustion, and cognitive weariness. The score ranges from 1(never or almost never) to 7 (always or almost always). Item 1-5: physical fatigue; item 6-8: emotional exhaustion; and item 9-14: cognitive wariness
Change in Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)
时间窗: baseline (week 0), immediate post intervention (week 3) and 4-week post intervention follow up
A 10-item questionnaire measuring the perceived degree of stress across situations over the past month. Items include how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloaded do the respondents perceive. the score ranges from 0 (never) to 4 (very often)
次要结局
- Change in Short Form (Six-Dimension) Health Survey - The Chinese (Hong Kong) Version (SF-6D)(baseline (week 0), immediate post intervention (week 3) and 4-week post intervention follow up)
- Change in The Generalized Anxiety disorder 7-item Scale (GAD-7)(baseline (week 0), immediate post intervention (week 3) and 4-week post intervention follow up)
- Change in Treatment Acceptability and Adherence Scale (TAAS)(baseline (week 0), immediate post intervention (week 3) and 4-week post intervention follow up)
- Change in The Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9)(baseline (week 0), immediate post intervention (week 3) and 4-week post intervention follow up)
- Change in Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI-20)(baseline (week 0), immediate post intervention (week 3) and 4-week post intervention follow up)
- Change in Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)(baseline (week 0), immediate post intervention (week 3) and 4-week post intervention follow up)
- Change in Credibility-Expectancy questionnaire (CEQ)(baseline (week 0), immediate post intervention (week 3) and 4-week post intervention follow up)
研究者
Fiona YY Ho
Assistant Professor
Chinese University of Hong Kong