The Effects of Stress Inoculation Training Program on Occupational Stress Level, Coping Style, and Sleep Quality in New Psychiatric Nurses.

NCT ID: NCT07105774

Last Updated: 2025-08-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 72 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-09-07
• Study Completion Date: 2025-02-03

Brief Summary

The aim of this clinical trial is to find out whether a stress inoculation program can reduce occupational stress in new psychiatric nurses. The main question it aimed to answer was:

Does a stress inoculation training program improve participants' occupational stress, coping styles, and sleep quality? The researchers compared the stress inoculation training to a conventional training control to see if the stress inoculation training reduced occupational stress.

Conditions

Nurse; Psychiatric; Stress Inoculation Training

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: OTHER
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

The control group received routine training

routine theoretical knowledge training and clinical practice training.

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

routine training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The control group received training in accordance with the "New Entry Nurse Training Syllabus (Trial)", which included routine theoretical knowledge training and clinical practice training.

The intervention group received the SIT program

Establishment of online training groups, Establishment of stress reduction workshops and peer support groups, Organization of recreational activities and games for groups, ntroducing the concept, the program's curriculum, and process organization, Cognitive restructuring training, Relaxation training, Setting up virtual stressful situations and conducting stress resilience exercises, Self-reinforcement and consolidation, Applying competencies to solve practical problems, Recall and consolidation of course content

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

stress inoculation training program

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The intervention group received the SIT program for 12 weeks. From 1st-2nd weeks, participants were admitted to an online training group set up via DingTalk, attending an offline stress reduction workshop were grouped into groups of 5-6, with games and small activities to promote group bonding. Psychiatric-psychological nurse specialist introduced the participants to the concept of SIT, the curriculum, and asked them to describe their initial knowledge and understanding of SIT. In addition, through cognitive restructuring training, the participants were made to review their work experience, understand the work stress and psychological pain they faced, and correctly recognize the role of cognition and emotion in causing and maintaining stress. From 3rd-6th weeks, participants were portrayed and discussed through videos and images, exploring personal, organizational and environmental stressors for new psychiatric nurses. Psychiatrists led relaxation exercises (e.g. positive thinking, med

Interventions

stress inoculation training program

The intervention group received the SIT program for 12 weeks. From 1st-2nd weeks, participants were admitted to an online training group set up via DingTalk, attending an offline stress reduction workshop were grouped into groups of 5-6, with games and small activities to promote group bonding. Psychiatric-psychological nurse specialist introduced the participants to the concept of SIT, the curriculum, and asked them to describe their initial knowledge and understanding of SIT. In addition, through cognitive restructuring training, the participants were made to review their work experience, understand the work stress and psychological pain they faced, and correctly recognize the role of cognition and emotion in causing and maintaining stress. From 3rd-6th weeks, participants were portrayed and discussed through videos and images, exploring personal, organizational and environmental stressors for new psychiatric nurses. Psychiatrists led relaxation exercises (e.g. positive thinking, med

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

routine training

The control group received training in accordance with the "New Entry Nurse Training Syllabus (Trial)", which included routine theoretical knowledge training and clinical practice training.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

stress inoculation training

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• obtained nurse practitioner's license;
• nurses who were newly employed within the last three years and have been in their position for one month or longer;
• directly interacting with patients with mental illnesses in daily work;
• obtained informed consent to participate voluntarily in this study.

Exclusion Criteria

• non-fresh graduates;
• these taking vacations, refresher courses during the study period;
• were breastfeeding or pregnant;
• had attended a similar stress intervention training (e.g., Positive Thinking Stress Reduction training, etc.) within the past year;
• new major non-work stressors (e.g., death of a close family member, divorce, exposure to a major natural disaster, etc.) within the last six months.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Huzhou University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

TianLe Xiang

Senior Nurse

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Huzhou University

Huzhou, Zhejiang, China

Countries

China

Other Identifiers

202401-37

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id