Clinical trial NCT04712461: Implementation Supports to Reduce Burnout in Therapists Delivering Child Trauma EBPs
Official title: Implementation Supports to Reduce Burnout in Therapists Delivering Child Trauma EBPs
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Health Issue
Keywords: Mental Health
Lead sponsor: San Diego State University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
First posted: 2021-01-15
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 3
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The majority of children exposed to early adversity and trauma do not have access to sustainably delivered evidence-based mental health programs (EBPs), despite the growing prevalence of large-scale multiple-EBP implementation efforts aimed at increasing access to these services. The objective of this proposal is to develop and test a package of implementation strategies designed to promote the sustained delivery of child trauma EBPs by reducing provider turnover through targeting the associated mechanisms of provider burnout and organizational psychological safety climate. Findings will have a significant public health impact by informing efforts to increase the sustained availability of child trauma EBPs, thereby improving outcomes for children exposed to trauma.

Detailed description: Many evidence-based mental health interventions have been developed to address the negative outcomes associated with child exposure to early adversity and trauma. Despite these promising advances, however, the majority of children served in publicly funded mental health systems do not receive evidence-based programs (EBPs). To address this research-to-practice gap, several large-scale, system-driven implementation efforts of multiple trauma EBPs have been launched over the last decade, including in the states of California and Arkansas. Though these system-driven initiatives often increase EBP delivery in community settings following the initial implementation push, long-term sustainment of EBP delivery is low. Workforce risk factors, such as provider burnout leading to turnover, have been identified as contributing to the poor long-term sustainment of trauma EBPs. Therefore, an important step to consider in supporting the longterm sustainment of child trauma EBPs is to develop implementation strategies that target provider burnout and organizational climate factors associated with decreased provider retention. This study will develop and pilot a package of implementation strategies, "Supporting Providers \& Preventing the Overwhelming of Resources in Trauma Systems" (SUPPORTS), aimed increasing the sustained delivery of trauma EBPs by addressing the factors associated with provider retention related to burnout. The development of SUPPORTS will be informed by a needs assessment conducted with programs involved with the multiple-EBP implementation efforts in California and Arkansas. A small randomized controlled pilot will then be conducted in California.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Therapists who have delivered Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in the past 6 months.
* Children aged 3-18 years old who is receiving TF-CBT from therapist enrolled in study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Therapists employed at their current agency for less than 6 months.
* Children less than 3 years old or older than 18 years old.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Child Trauma Symptoms
timeFrame: The UCLA PTSD RI will be completed by the caregiver at baseline, and at 3- and 6-months follow-up assessments (3 and 6 month following pre-intervention/enrollment in study).
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Therapist Burnout
timeFrame: The MBI will be completed by the therapist at baseline, and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up assessments (3, 6, and 12 months following pre-intervention/enrollment in study).
measure: Change in Therapist Turnover Intention
timeFrame: The TIS-6 will be completed by the therapist at baseline, and at 3-, 6-, and 12-month follow-up assessments (3, 6, and 12 months following pre-intervention/enrollment in study).
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: San Diego
country: United States
facility: San Diego State University
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: San Diego State University
name: Teresa Lind, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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