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NCT Number: NCT02838290

Occupational Distress in Doctors: The Effect of an Induction Programme

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.

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Key information

Conditions

Burnout, Professional Adaptation, Psychological Alcohol Drinking Anxiety Anxiety Disorders Behavior Behavior, Animal Behavioral Symptoms Burnout, Psychological Drinking Behavior Drug Use Eating Behavior Feeding Behavior Grief Mental Disorders Occupational Diseases Occupational Stress Stress, Psychological

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

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

Treatment and study plan

Induction

Other

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.

Control Group

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

  1. The Anxiety Disorder Scale

    Time frame: A week

  2. The Grief Inventory

    Time frame: A week

  3. 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

  4. The Psychiatric Morbidity Scale

    Time frame: A week

  5. The Physical Symptoms Scale

    Time frame: A week

  6. The Insomnia Scale

    Time frame: A week

  7. The Binge Eating Scale

    Time frame: A week

  8. The Burnout Inventory

    Time frame: A week

  9. Alcohol use

    Time frame: A week

  10. Drug use

    Time frame: A week

Secondary outcomes

  1. The Effort-Reward Scale

    Time frame: A week

  2. The Work Engagement Scale

    Time frame: A week

  3. The Work-Family Conflict Scale

    Time frame: A week

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Birkbeck, University of London

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Jul 20, 2016
Registry last updated
Jan 31, 2017

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