Expressive Writing on Stress and Work-Related Outcomes Among Student Nurse Interns

NCT ID: NCT06238141

Last Updated: 2025-09-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

52 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-07-15

Study Completion Date

2024-10-27

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Stress, Psychological

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators
This study is single-blinded. The intervention trainer will not be blinded because a single researcher conducts the study. In order to minimize experimenter bias, outcome assessments will be conducted through an online questionnaire survey platform (Wenjuanxing), with the trainer distributing the same link to all participants. During data collection, only acronyms of the questionnaires will be used to avoid self-fulfilling expectations.

Participants will be informed during the recruitment phase that the study aims to explore the effect of writing on the internship experience and feelings only. Assignment to the intervention or control group will remain undisclosed to participants until the end of the 3-month follow-up. Participants could unblind themselves by exiting the study and requesting debrief information.

Study Groups

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intervention group

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Expressive writing

Intervention Type OTHER

According to the writing prompts, online expressive writing focuses on stressful events and will be conducted twice a week (every Monday and Thursday) for 15 minutes each time, lasting for ten weeks.

Writing prompts are developed based on Emotional Processing Theory (EPT) and Cognitive Adaptation Theory (CAT).

control group

Group Type SHAM_COMPARATOR

Neutral writing

Intervention Type OTHER

According to the writing prompts, online neutral writing focuses on immediate surroundings and will be conducted twice a week (every Monday and Thursday) for 15 minutes each time, lasting for ten weeks.

Interventions

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Expressive writing

According to the writing prompts, online expressive writing focuses on stressful events and will be conducted twice a week (every Monday and Thursday) for 15 minutes each time, lasting for ten weeks.

Writing prompts are developed based on Emotional Processing Theory (EPT) and Cognitive Adaptation Theory (CAT).

Intervention Type OTHER

Neutral writing

According to the writing prompts, online neutral writing focuses on immediate surroundings and will be conducted twice a week (every Monday and Thursday) for 15 minutes each time, lasting for ten weeks.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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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
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Changzhi Medical College

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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JI XUAN

Lecturer

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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XUAN JI

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Changzhi Medical College

Locations

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Changzhi Medical College

Changzhi, Shanxi, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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RT2023047

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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