Clinical trial NCT06238141: Expressive Writing on Stress and Work-Related Outcomes Among Student Nurse Interns
Official title: Effects of Expressive Writing on Stress and Work-Related Outcomes Among Student Nurse Interns: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Stress, Psychological
Lead sponsor: Changzhi Medical College
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-02-02
Enrollment: 74
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The goal of this interventional study is to assess the effects of an intervention on stress and work-related outcomes among Chinese student nurse interns. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does expressive writing reduce clinical practice stress and improve coping strategies in student nurse interns?
* Does expressive writing increase work engagement and perceived professional benefit among student nurse interns?

Participants in the intervention group and control group will perform expressive writing and neutral writing, respectively, based on different given instructions. In both groups, writing will last for 15 minutes each time, twice a week, for ten weeks.

Researchers will compare the outcomes of the two groups to see if there are differences between clinical practice stress, coping strategies, work engagement, and perceived professional benefit.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Undergraduate student nurse interns in their first clinical internship (had no prior clinical practice experience)
* Have access to and proficiency in utilizing social media
* Be able to read and write via the internet
* Be willing to fill in questionnaires and write according to the assigned writing prompts
* Never participated in expressive writing or stress management intervention programs

Exclusion Criteria:

* Intern at a self-contacted hospital
* Severe current psychological conditions
* Undergoing any form of psychotherapy
* With a habit of keeping diaries

Withdrawal criteria:

* Termination of internship for whatever reason
* Not submit writing materials twice

Primary outcomes:
measure: Mean Change from Baseline in Clinical Practice Stress Scores on the Stress Rating Scale for Nursing Students in Practice at 10 Weeks, 14 Weeks and 18 Weeks
timeFrame: At baseline, post-intervention at Week 10, 14-week, 18-week and 22-week follow-up.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Mean Change from Baseline in Positive and Negative Coping Style Scores on the Brief Coping Style Scale at 10 Weeks, 14 Weeks and 18 Weeks
timeFrame: At baseline, post-intervention at Week 10, 14-week, 18-week and 22-week follow-up.
measure: Mean Change from Baseline in Work Engagement Scores on the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale at 10 Weeks, 14 Weeks and 18 Weeks
timeFrame: At baseline, post-intervention at Week 10, 14-week, 18-week and 22-week follow-up.
measure: Mean Change from Baseline in Perceived Professional Benefits Scores on the Perceived Professional Benefits Scale at 10 Weeks, 14 Weeks and 18 Weeks
timeFrame: At baseline, post-intervention at Week 10, 14-week, 18-week and 22-week follow-up.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Changzhi Medical College
name: XUAN JI
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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