A Randomized Controlled Trial of the HeartMath Resilience Program: Exploring the Impact of Stress on Jail Staff Performance and Retention
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 暂停
- 入组人数
- 300
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change In Perceived Chronic Stress Level
研究概览
简要总结
The study is a multiple cohort, staggered-entry, waitlist randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a comprehensive resiliency-based program in reducing stress for correctional officers employed by the Leon County Sheriff's Office in Tallahassee, FL.
详细描述
The primary objective of the study is to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive resiliency-based intervention, HeartMath, designed to reduce stress for correctional officers (COs) currently employed with the Leon County Sherriff's Office in Tallahassee, Florida. The study will also examine whether the intervention 1) improves perceptions of job satisfaction, workplace safety, and occupational stress; 2) improves CO retention and decreases absenteeism; 3) results in less punitive attitudes and greater apprehension to employ use of force.
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 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Leon County Sheriff's Office jail correctional officers.
- •Attending a defensive tactics training by Leon County Sheriff's Office
- •Age 18 years or older
- •Conversational English
- •Being willing and cognitively able to provide consent.
排除标准
- •Not meeting Inclusion Criteria
研究组 & 干预措施
HeartMath Resilience Program
Participants will receive programming alongside their regularly scheduled defensive tactics training.
干预措施: HeartMath Resilience Program (Behavioral)
Waitlist Control, No Intervention
Participants in the waitlist control group will receive their regularly scheduled training programs
结局指标
主要结局
Change In Perceived Chronic Stress Level
时间窗: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months
Utilizing Wheaton Chronic Stress Inventory participants will rate their perceived stress on a three-point Likert scale (0 = "not true," 1 = "somewhat true," and 2 = "very true"). Scores are summed where higher values indicate more exposure to chronic stress. Scores range from 0 to 102.
Change in Perceived Work Stress Level
时间窗: Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months
Utilizing the Work Stress scale participants will rate their perceived work stress on a 4-point Likert scale and summed where higher values indicate more exposure to work stress. Response categories range between 1 (strongly disagree) and 4 (strongly agree). Scores range between 14 and 56.
次要结局
- Change in Workplace Safety Perceptions(Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months)
- Change in Job Satisfaction(Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months)
- Change in Support for Punishment(Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months)
- Change in Support for Treatment(Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months)
- Change in Readiness to Use Force(Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months)
- Change in Officer Absenteeism(Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months)
- Officer Employment Status(Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months)
- Change in Organizational Committment(Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months)
- Change in Turnover Intent(Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months)
- Change in Views on Absenteeism(Baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months)
研究者
Tanya Renn
Principal Investigator
Florida State University