PoWerS: COVID-19 Psychological Wellbeing for Healthcare Students

Sponsor

University of Nottingham (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT04429828

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arm

6.6

Actual Duration (Months)

6.4

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

We have developed an online learning resource designed to support healthcare staff during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. This resource has been produced in anticipation of the psychological effect of working during this time. This is an open access, free, online resource available here: https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_22794 It is designed to be relevant for healthcare staff, and we are evaluating it now with healthcare students as our next generation of healthcare staff. We are interested in knowing more about your views of healthcare students towards this package. This will help us to determine its value as a learning resource to support psychological wellbeing in healthcare students, alongside other welfare supports. The aim is to describe the views of healthcare students towards an e-learning package developed in response to COVID-19 on Psychological Wellbeing for Healthcare Workers.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Psychological Wellbeing	Other: COVID-19 e-package: Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers	N/A

Detailed Description

The investigators aim to:

gather insight into the emotional highs and lows of being a healthcare student during the pandemic
identify any facilitators, obstacles or barriers to accessing the e-package.
identify perceptions of healthcare students towards the value of the e-package during and after the COVID19 pandemic.
establish recommendations for longer-term support for psychological wellbeing in healthcare students.

Qualitative interviews will be conducted with up to 45 purposively sampled healthcare students who have accessed the e-learning resource. The interview will be semi-structured and include a measure of mental wellbeing (Warwick-Edinburgh Wellbeing Scale, 14-item - license received), and single items measures of job stressfulness, job satisfaction, presenteeism, turnover intentions and work engagement.

Findings will inform future supportive interventions for healthcare students.

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

42 participants

Allocation:

N/A

Intervention Model:

Single Group Assignment

Intervention Model Description:

All students have access to the COVID-19 educational package to support psychological wellbeing in healthcare students (usual practice). In this study the investigators will conduct semi-structured qualitative interviews with healthcare students about their mental wellbeing, and use of this e-package.All students have access to the COVID-19 educational package to support psychological wellbeing in healthcare students (usual practice). In this study the investigators will conduct semi-structured qualitative interviews with healthcare students about their mental wellbeing, and use of this e-package.

Masking:

None (Open Label)

Masking Description:

This is an evaluation of an educational learning package, which is a form of 'supportive intervention' for students provided during the coronavirus pandemic. Therefore the investigators will conduct interviews with people who have used the e-package. The investigators will interview up to 45 participants.

Primary Purpose:

Supportive Care

Official Title:

PoWerS Study: Psychological Wellbeing for Healthcare Students: Evaluation of a COVID-19 Digital Learning Package

Actual Study Start Date :

Jun 13, 2020

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Sep 30, 2020

Actual Study Completion Date :

Dec 30, 2020

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: e-package: psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers A COVID-19 educational package on psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers, accessible to all healthcare students.	Other: COVID-19 e-package: Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers All healthcare students have access to a COVID-19 educational learning package around psychological wellbeing (usual practice). In this study the investigators will conduct semi-structured qualitative interviews with healthcare students about their mental wellbeing, and use of this e-package.

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: e-package: psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers

A COVID-19 educational package on psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers, accessible to all healthcare students.

Other: COVID-19 e-package: Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers

All healthcare students have access to a COVID-19 educational learning package around psychological wellbeing (usual practice). In this study the investigators will conduct semi-structured qualitative interviews with healthcare students about their mental wellbeing, and use of this e-package.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Qualitative Interviews with Healthcare Students [Once per study, telephone interview (during a 6-week interview period)]
Users of the e-package
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale [Baseline]
14-item scale to measure mental wellbeing. Total scores range from 14 to 70 and higher scores indicate greater positive mental wellbeing.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Single Item Measure of Global Job Stressfulness (Houdmont et al, 2019) [Baseline]
Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 5 and higher scores indicated greater job stressfulness.
Single Item Global Job Satisfaction Measure (Dolbier et al, 2005) [Baseline]
Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 5 and higher scores indicated greater job satisfaction.
Single Item Measure of Presenteeism (Aronsson & Gustafsson, 2004) [Baseline]
Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 4, with higher scores indicating greater presenteeism.
Single Item Measure of Turnover intentions [Baseline]
Single-item measure. Scored 1=no intent to leave, 2=intent to leave
Work Engagement (Shaufeli et al, 2006) [Baseline]
Dedication subscale of the 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (3 items will be used: 2, 3 and 4). Scores range from 0 to 6, with higher scores indicating greater work engagement.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

N/A and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion criteria:

Healthcare students (e.g. any students who are registered on a healthcare course).
Ability to give informed consent.
Ability to attend an individual interview (remotely).

Exclusion criteria:

• Not a registered healthcare student.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	University of Nottingham	Nottingham		United Kingdom	NG7 2HA

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Nottingham

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Holly Blake, Associate Professor of Behavioural Science, University of Nottingham

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT04429828

Other Study ID Numbers:

PoWerS_June2020

First Posted:

Jun 12, 2020

Last Update Posted:

Aug 27, 2021

Last Verified:

Aug 1, 2021

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Yes

Plan to Share IPD:

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Aug 27, 2021