Study Protocol of Brief Daily Body-Mind-Spirit Practice for Sustainable Emotional Capacity and Work Engagement for Community Mental Health Workers: A Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial.

body-mind-spirit (BMS) practice burnout community mental health workers randomized controlled trial (RCT) work engagement

Journal

Frontiers in psychology
ISSN: 1664-1078
Titre abrégé: Front Psychol
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101550902

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
2020
Historique:
received: 12 03 2020
accepted: 03 06 2020
entrez: 17 7 2020
pubmed: 17 7 2020
medline: 17 7 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Given the emotional demanding nature of social services, we developed a brief daily body-mind-spirit (BMS) program and successfully piloted it with workers at elderly services. The proposed study focuses on community mental health workers who are often under chronic stress and vulnerable to burnout. The study aims to evaluate the program for fostering sustainable emotional capacity and work engagement for community mental health workers. A multi-site randomized controlled trial design is adopted. All the 24 the Integrated Community Centre for Mental Wellness (ICCMW of Hong Kong will be approached to join this program. Assuming conservatively, 60% ICCWM (14 centers) will respond and participate. At each site, a pair of intervention and control groups will be run. The targeted total sample size is 224. To investigate the course of changes in burnout and engagement, each group will last 6 months, including 3-month intervention and 3-month follow-up. Measures will be taken at monthly intervals. In light of literature and the pilot trial's findings, participants in the Brief Daily BMS intervention group are expected to have a reduced burnout level and a narrowing of range in work engagement during the 3 months intervention. And within the 3 months post-intervention period, a rebound of burnout level and a widening of range in work engagement are expected to be observed in the same group of participants. Hopefully, this study will contribute to the deeper understanding of burnout and work engagement, and shed light on sustainable intervention for emotionally demanding workplaces. The trial has been registered in the Clinical Trials Centre of the University of Hong Kong. HKUCTR-2763 Registered 27 December 2019 - Retrospectively registered, http://www.hkuctr.com/Study/Show/eb930d24e2c647afb7a922055163f24b.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Given the emotional demanding nature of social services, we developed a brief daily body-mind-spirit (BMS) program and successfully piloted it with workers at elderly services. The proposed study focuses on community mental health workers who are often under chronic stress and vulnerable to burnout.
METHODS METHODS
The study aims to evaluate the program for fostering sustainable emotional capacity and work engagement for community mental health workers. A multi-site randomized controlled trial design is adopted. All the 24 the Integrated Community Centre for Mental Wellness (ICCMW of Hong Kong will be approached to join this program. Assuming conservatively, 60% ICCWM (14 centers) will respond and participate. At each site, a pair of intervention and control groups will be run. The targeted total sample size is 224. To investigate the course of changes in burnout and engagement, each group will last 6 months, including 3-month intervention and 3-month follow-up. Measures will be taken at monthly intervals.
DISCUSSION CONCLUSIONS
In light of literature and the pilot trial's findings, participants in the Brief Daily BMS intervention group are expected to have a reduced burnout level and a narrowing of range in work engagement during the 3 months intervention. And within the 3 months post-intervention period, a rebound of burnout level and a widening of range in work engagement are expected to be observed in the same group of participants. Hopefully, this study will contribute to the deeper understanding of burnout and work engagement, and shed light on sustainable intervention for emotionally demanding workplaces.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION BACKGROUND
The trial has been registered in the Clinical Trials Centre of the University of Hong Kong. HKUCTR-2763 Registered 27 December 2019 - Retrospectively registered, http://www.hkuctr.com/Study/Show/eb930d24e2c647afb7a922055163f24b.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32670170
doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01482
pmc: PMC7332841
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1482

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Ng, Lo, Yeung, Young, Fung and Wang.

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Auteurs

S M Ng (SM)

Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

Herman H M Lo (HHM)

Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Albert Yeung (A)

Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.

Daniel Young (D)

Department of Social Work, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Melody H Y Fung (MHY)

Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

Amenda M Wang (AM)

Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

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