Occupational Distress in Doctors: The Effect of an Induction Programme

January 30, 2017 updated by: Asta Medisauskaite, Birkbeck, University of London

Background: Over 39% of approximately 3,000 doctors (The British Medical Association quarterly survey, 2015) admitted to frequently feeling drained, exhausted, overloaded, tired, low and lacking energy. Such occupational distress may link to psychological and physical difficulties in doctors and have negative outcomes for organization and patients. The aim of the current study is to investigate the impact of an induction programme on occupational distress of doctors.

Methods/design: Doctors will be invited to take part in an online research. Participants will be randomly assigned to the experimental and control groups. Participants in the experimental groups will complete one of the induction topics (about stress at work). Before and after an induction programme participants will be asked to fill in an online survey about their current occupational distress and organizational well-being.

Discussion: The investigators expect that doctors' psychological, physiological and organizational well-being will improve after an induction programme which should serve as a resource for better doctor's own health understanding.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

232

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • ADULT
  • OLDER_ADULT
  • CHILD

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Medical doctors across all specialties and professional grades who have a regular contact with patients and works in the United Kingdom.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: OTHER
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: SINGLE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
OTHER: Control group
Other: Control group
Participants in the control group will be asked to fill in an online survey, but will not have any task at time-1. However, participants in the control group will be invited to complete induction programme after time-2 (a week time after time-1) in ensure the same expectations in both, experimental and control, groups.
EXPERIMENTAL: Induction
Other: Induction
Participants will be randomly assigned (computer generated straight away after clicking the link to the research) to one of 4 experimental conditions: stress at work, dealing with a patient's death, managing stress at work or all topics together. Each module includes brief reflection parts and quizzes. Participants will be asked to fill in an online survey just before the induction and a week after. The survey is about current occupational distress and organizational factors.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The Anxiety Disorder Scale
Time Frame: A week
A week
The Grief Inventory
Time Frame: A week
A week
The Coping Mechanisms Scale
Time Frame: A week
Self-distraction, active coping, substance use, use of emotional support, use of instrumental support, positive reframing, humour, self-blame
A week
The Psychiatric Morbidity Scale
Time Frame: A week
A week
The Physical Symptoms Scale
Time Frame: A week
A week
The Insomnia Scale
Time Frame: A week
A week
The Binge Eating Scale
Time Frame: A week
A week
The Burnout Inventory
Time Frame: A week
A week
Alcohol use
Time Frame: A week
A week
Drug use
Time Frame: A week
A week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
The Effort-Reward Scale
Time Frame: A week
A week
The Work Engagement Scale
Time Frame: A week
A week
The Work-Family Conflict Scale
Time Frame: A week
A week

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Birkbeck, University of London

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

July 1, 2016

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

November 1, 2016

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

November 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 6, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 17, 2016

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

July 20, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

January 31, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 30, 2017

Last Verified

January 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 01N/A

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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