Nurse Health Pilot: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Virtual ACT-intervention in Nurses During COVID-19

NCT ID: NCT04821037

Last Updated: 2021-06-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 10 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-06-01
• Study Completion Date: 2021-08-01

Brief Summary

Frontline nurses increasingly face challenges between executing their jobs to the best of their ability and caring for their own physical and mental health. Such a stressful and fast-changing work environment impacts the nurses' psychological wellbeing, resulting in high levels of stress and burnout, which in turn negatively affects patient care and outcomes.

The aim of this study is to investigate whether a short virtual intervention, based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and adapted to caregivers, can lead to a reduction in psychological distress that may be associated with caregiving during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The intervention will be held online in a group setting during two half-day workshops using a conference application (e.g. Zoom).

Note: This study is part of an international joint research project "Nurse Health" between the Faculty of Psychology (University of Basel) and the Nethersole School of Nursing (Chinese University of Hong Kong), funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), with the Leading House for the Bilateral Science and Technology Cooperation Programme with Asia at ETH Zürich (Project No. COV_09_062020).

Conditions

Stress

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

ACT

A digitally-based ACT program will be conducted in two half-day workshops via meeting software (e.g. Zoom) consisting of:

1. mindfulness exercises, for stress reduction and to guide nurses to observe their painful thoughts and feelings that they are attempting to avoid;

2. ACT-metaphors, to let nurses realize the cost of struggling with psychological distress often create more distress;

3. experiential exercises, to guide nurses to notice their own experiences in providing nursing care throughout their nursing career and explore any special qualities;

4. explore the nurses' values with respect to different areas in their lives.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

ACT

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Interventions

ACT

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• at least 18 years of age
• degree in nursing
• working 40% or higher in a team of nurses in the somatic area
• currently or previously in contact with COVID-19 patients
• working in Switzerland

Exclusion Criteria

• working in non-somatic areas (e.g. psychiatry)
• working in non-hospital environments (e.g. home treatment)
• not owning an electronic device
• unable to understand and speak German

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

State Secretariat for Education Research and Innovation, Switzerland

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Prof. Dr. Andrew Gloster

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Prof. Dr. Andrew Gloster

Prof. Andrew Gloster

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Andrew T Gloster, Prof. Dr.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Division of Clinical Psychology & Intervention Science, University of Basel

Locations

Faculty of Psychology, University of Basel

Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

Switzerland

Central Contacts

Eveline Frey, M Sc.

Role: CONTACT

eveline.frey@unibas.ch

+41 78 741 41 19

Fabio Coviello, B Sc.

Role: CONTACT

fabio.coviello@unibas.ch

Facility Contacts

Eveline Frey, M Sc

Role: primary

eveline.frey@unibas.ch

Other Identifiers

NHP

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id