Building Resilience @ Work Training Among Healthcare Workers (BRAW)

National University of Singapore

Status: Completed

Conditions: Resilience, Psychological

Treatments: Behavioral: BRAW

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05130879

WF19-14

Details and patient eligibility

About

Background Given that the challenges in adjusting to shifting work, physical workload and high-strung nature, healthcare workers often encounter high stress, emotional exhaustion, low empathy, fatigue and burnout, which, in turn, result in sickness, absence, and high turnover. Hence, building resilience for future adversity among healthcare workers in the workplace is necessary.

Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of the Building Resilience at Work (BRAW) on resilience, job engagement, intention to leave, employability, and work performance To explore healthcare workers' experience of the BRAW intervention.

Methods This study will evaluate the effectiveness of BRAW using a sequential mixed methods design in two phases. In phase I, a two-armed randomized controlled trial will be conducted to compare resilience, work engagement, coping skills, job satisfaction and life satisfaction with a waiting list control condition among 410 healthcare workers.

In phase II, the investigators will conduct a virtual individual interview to explore experiences on usability and acceptability after receiving the BRAW intervention using a sample of 33 healthcare workers.

Significance of research Considering the multifactorial and complexity of resilience at work in an increasingly dynamic healthcare environment, the content of resilience training can promote resilience, work engagement, coping skills, job satisfaction and life satisfaction among healthcare workers in order to reduce the turnover rate among healthcare workers in Singapore.

Enrollment: 500 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthcare workers aged 21 years or older
• Can read English
• Own and regularly use smartphone, tablet, laptop or desktop
• Can access the internet

Exclusion criteria

• Previous diagnosis of psychosis, severe depression, personality disorder and substance abuse at any point in their life

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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500 participants in 2 patient groups

BRAW intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

BRAW is designed as an online intervention comprising of six sessions over six weeks. The six sessions are: (1) happiness and positivity, (2) cognitive restructuring, (3) behavioural activation, (4) emotion regulation, (5) positive work climate and (6) problem solving.

Treatment:

Behavioral: BRAW

Waitlist control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants will receive the intervention after the follow-up assessment.