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NCT Number: NCT04429828

COVID-19 Psychological Wellbeing for Healthcare Students

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Psychological Wellbeing

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Nottingham

Nottingham, NG7 2HA, United Kingdom

About this study

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.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

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.

Treatment and study plan

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

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. Qualitative Interviews with Healthcare Students

    Time frame: Once per study, telephone interview (during a 6-week interview period)

    Users of the e-package

  2. Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale

    Time frame: Baseline

    14-item scale to measure mental wellbeing. Total scores range from 14 to 70 and higher scores indicate greater positive mental wellbeing.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Single Item Measure of Global Job Stressfulness (Houdmont et al, 2019)

    Time frame: Baseline

    Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 5 and higher scores indicated greater job stressfulness.

  2. Single Item Global Job Satisfaction Measure (Dolbier et al, 2005)

    Time frame: Baseline

    Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 5 and higher scores indicated greater job satisfaction.

  3. Single Item Measure of Presenteeism (Aronsson & Gustafsson, 2004)

    Time frame: Baseline

    Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 4, with higher scores indicating greater presenteeism.

  4. Single Item Measure of Turnover intentions

    Time frame: Baseline

    Single-item measure. Scored 1=no intent to leave, 2=intent to leave

  5. Work Engagement (Shaufeli et al, 2006)

    Time frame: 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.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Nottingham

Other

Registry information

Official study title

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

Acronym: PoWerS

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Jun 12, 2020
Registry last updated
Aug 27, 2021

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