Clinical trial NCT04817995: Stress Recovery Program FOREST for Healthcare Staff
Official title: Stress Recovery Program FOREST for Healthcare Staff: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Perceived Stress
Keywords: Healthcare staff
Perceived stress
Internet intervention
Recovery
Efficacy
Lead sponsor: Vilnius University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Linkoeping University
First posted: 2021-03-26
Enrollment: 208
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Participants will be randomly allocated either to the intervention or control groups. The control group is a waiting list. The control group will participate in the intervention after it will be completed for the intervention group.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy of an internet-based stress recovery intervention among healthcare staff during COVID-19 pandemic.

Detailed description: Intervention is going to take the form of an internet-based stress recovery intervention consisting of six modules. The themes include introduction, psychological detachment, distancing, mastery, control, and keeping the change alive. These themes were chosen after considering topics that might be the most useful for healthcare staff experiencing high levels of stress. Each module consists of psychoeducation and exercise parts. Psychologist provide individual feedback on completed exercises as well as can be reached on demand.

The effect of the intervention will be compared against a waiting list control group. Intervention is in Lithuanian.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* at least 18 years old;
* comprehending Lithuanian language;
* access to internet;
* high levels of stress.

Exclusion Criteria:

* acute psychiatric crisis;
* high suicide risk;
* interpersonal violence;
* alcohol / drug addiction.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change on Recovery Experience Questionnaire
timeFrame: Pre-treatment, after 6 weeks, 3 months post-treatment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change on International Trauma Questionnaire
timeFrame: Pre-treatment, after 6 weeks, 3 months post-treatment
measure: Change on Moral Injury Outcome Scale
timeFrame: Pre-treatment, after 6 weeks, 3 months post-treatment
measure: Change on Perceived Stress Scale
timeFrame: Pre-treatment, after 6 weeks, 3 months post-treatment
measure: Change on Patient Health Questionnaire
timeFrame: Pre-treatment, after 6 weeks, 3 months post-treatment
measure: Change on Well-being Index
timeFrame: Pre-treatment, after 6 weeks, 3 months post-treatment
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Vilnius
country: Lithuania
facility: Vilnius University
Study officials:
References:
citation: Jovarauskaite L, Murphy D, Truskauskaite-Kuneviciene I, Dumarkaite A, Andersson G, Kazlauskas E. Associations between moral injury and ICD-11 post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and complex PTSD among help-seeking nurses: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 2022 May 9;12(5):e056289. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-056289.
citation: Jovarauskaite L, Dumarkaite A, Truskauskaite-Kuneviciene I, Jovaisiene I, Andersson G, Kazlauskas E. Internet-based stress recovery intervention FOREST for healthcare staff amid COVID-19 pandemic: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2021 Aug 21;22(1):559. doi: 10.1186/s13063-021-05512-1.