Clinical trial NCT04410016: Evaluation of Staff COVID-19 Wellbeing Centres in a Healthcare Workplace: COVID-WELL Study
Official title: Evaluation of a Workplace Intervention to Implement Supported COVID-19 Wellbeing Centres in a Healthcare Workplace During and After the Coronavirus Pandemic: The COVID-WELL Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Health Wellness 1
Lead sponsor: University of Nottingham
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
First posted: 2020-06-01
Enrollment: 819
Sex: ALL
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: All staff have access to the Staff Wellbeing Centres (usual practice). In this study the investigators will conduct a questionnaire survey with all Nottingham University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) staff about their mental wellbeing, and use of this facility. The investigators will conduct qualitative interviews with users and non-users of the Wellbeing Centres (staff) as well as the Wellbeing Buddies (support workers).
Primary purpose: OTHER

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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 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.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to communicate in spoken English.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale
timeFrame: Baseline
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Single Item Measure of Global Job Stressfulness (Houdmont et al, 2019)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Single Item Global Job Satisfaction Measure (Dolbier et al, 2005)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Single Item Measure of Presenteeism (Aronsson & Gustafsson, 2004)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Single Item Measure of Turnover intentions (Ryan et al, 2017)
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Work Engagement (Shaufeli et al, 2006)
timeFrame: Baseline
Other outcomes:
measure: Qualitative Interviews with Staff
timeFrame: Once per study, telephone interview (during a 6-week interview period)
measure: Qualitative Interviews with Wellbeing Buddies
timeFrame: Once per study, telephone interview (during a 6-week interview period)
Locations:
city: Nottingham
country: United Kingdom
facility: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
state: Nottinghamshire
Study officials:
References:
citation: Blake H, Gupta A, Javed M, Wood B, Knowles S, Coyne E, Cooper J. COVID-Well Study: Qualitative Evaluation of Supported Wellbeing Centres and Psychological First Aid for Healthcare Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 31;18(7):3626. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073626.
citation: Blake H, Yildirim M, Wood B, Knowles S, Mancini H, Coyne E, Cooper J. COVID-Well: Evaluation of the Implementation of Supported Wellbeing Centres for Hospital Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Dec 15;17(24):9401. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17249401.