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NCT Number: NCT04462484

Online Self-care Training Program (MAGO Study)

This study aims to determine the efficacy of MAGO (Online Self-care Training Program for Psychologists), a person-directed, individual, occupational intervention via videoconference in six sessions on a weekly basis. By promoting self-care behaviors, it is expected to reduce burnout levels and to increase work engagement in clinical psychologists working in Chile.

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Key information

Conditions

Occupational Burnout Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Burnout, Professional Burnout, Psychological Occupational Diseases Occupational Stress Stress, Psychological

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, RM, 7800284, Chile

About this study

Clinical psychologists are susceptible to develop burnout as a result of facing consistently emotionally taxing job demands and a high requirement for empathy. Implementing self-care behaviors can help to prevent negative consequences of work stress and the promotion of positive outcomes such as optimal professional functioning and enhanced well-being in psychologists.

The intervention is a person-directed, individual, primary occupational intervention. It will be carried out via videoconference in six weekly sessions of 45 minutes. MAGO is a program derived from Self-care Assessment for Psychology (SCAP). From a preventive perspective on self-care, items represent strategies or behaviors that may be integrated into one's professional and personal life on a more ongoing and proactive basis to promote well-functioning.

Chile has presented a slow but progressive development of e-mental health research, and Internet-based interventions are at an early stage of development in this country. Using videoconference and web-delivered questionnaires are crucial in reaching psychologists considering problems such as long distances of transportation and a tiny budget for mental health. Nevertheless, Chile scores 52 in the Global Connectivity Index, while digital technologies are highly utilized across all social strata.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Chilean psychologists
  • Currently working in the public sector in Chile
  • Available to attend to six online sessions
  • Willing to voluntarily participate

Exclusion criteria

  • Subjects participating in psychotherapy as clients
  • High scores for depression or anxiety

Treatment and study plan

videoconference

Behavioral

The intervention is a person-directed, individual, primary occupational intervention. It will be carried out via videoconference in six sessions of 45 minutes (on a weekly basis). Through guided dialogue, individual difficulties and opportunities of each subject will be examined in order to gain self-awareness of personal characteristics (strengths, limitations, maximum workload capacity) in their particular set of job demands and resources. Participants are encouraged to adopt the set of self-care strategies in each dimension, adapting them to their specific context. Activities will be carried out in Spanish by the researcher.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline occupational burnout

    Time frame: 8 weeks and 6 months.

    Maslach Burnout Inventory for human services (MBI-HSS) is comprised of 22 items to evaluate emotional exhaustion (EE), depersonalization (DP), and personal fulfillment (PF). Total score ranges from 0 to 132, with higher scores indicating more occupational burnout.

  2. Change from baseline work engagement

    Time frame: 8 weeks and 6 months.

    Utrecht Work Engagement (UWES-17) is comprised of 17 items. Total score ranges from 0 to 102, with higher scores indicating more work engagement.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline self-care behaviors

    Time frame: 8 weeks and 6 months.

    Self-Care Assessment for Psychologists (SCAP) is comprised of 21 items. Total score ranges from 21 to 147, with higher scores indicating higher frequency of self-care behaviors.

  2. Change from baseline general health

    Time frame: 8 weeks and 6 months.

    General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12) is comprised of 12 items. Total score ranges from 0 to 12, with higher scores indicating lower levels general health.

  3. Change from baseline perceived social support

    Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks, 6 months.

    Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support (MSPSS) is comprised of 12 items. Total score ranges from 12 to 84, with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived social support.

  4. Change from baseline depression symptoms

    Time frame: 8 weeks and 6 months.

    Beck Depression Inventory (BDI-II) is comprised of 21 items. Total score ranges from 0 to 63, with higher scores indicating higher levels of depressive symptomatology.

  5. Change from baseline anxiety symptoms

    Time frame: 8 weeks and 6 months.

    Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) is comprised of 21 items. Total score ranges from 0 to 63 with higher scores indicating higher levels of anxiety symptoms.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Padova

Other

Collaborators

  • University of Chile

Registry information

Official study title

Study Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial of an Online Self-Care Training Programme to Reduce Burnout and Promote Work Engagement in Clinical Psychologists: MAGO Study

Acronym: MAGO

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Jul 8, 2020
Registry last updated
May 20, 2022

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