Psychological WellbeingPoWerSNCT04429828
COVID-19 Psychological Wellbeing for Healthcare Students
A study testing COVID-19 e-package: Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers in people with Psychological Wellbeing, run by University of Nottingham at 1 site in United Kingdom.
Trial summary
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. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Any ageHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Psychological Wellbeing
- What is being tested?
- COVID-19 e-package: Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 42 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited Kingdom
- Study dates
- 13 Jun 2020to 30 Dec 2020
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages Any age
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 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).
Who cannot join
- Not a registered healthcare student.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: PoWerS Study: Psychological Wellbeing for Healthcare Students: Evaluation of a COVID-19 Digital Learning Package
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.
Read the detailed description
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.
- Conditions
- Psychological Wellbeing
- Being tested
- COVID-19 e-package: Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
COVID-19 e-package: Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workersOther
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.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| e-package: psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers | Experimental | A COVID-19 educational package on psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers, accessible to all healthcare students. Receives: Other: COVID-19 e-package: Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Qualitative Interviews with Healthcare Students
Users of the e-package
Measured: Once per study, telephone interview (during a 6-week interview period)
Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale
14-item scale to measure mental wellbeing. Total scores range from 14 to 70 and higher scores indicate greater positive mental wellbeing.
Measured: Baseline
Secondary outcomes (5)
Single Item Measure of Global Job Stressfulness (Houdmont et al, 2019)
Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 5 and higher scores indicated greater job stressfulness.
Measured: Baseline
Single Item Global Job Satisfaction Measure (Dolbier et al, 2005)
Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 5 and higher scores indicated greater job satisfaction.
Measured: Baseline
Single Item Measure of Presenteeism (Aronsson & Gustafsson, 2004)
Single-item measure. Scores range from 1 to 4, with higher scores indicating greater presenteeism.
Measured: Baseline
Single Item Measure of Turnover intentions
Single-item measure. Scored 1=no intent to leave, 2=intent to leave
Measured: Baseline
Work Engagement (Shaufeli et al, 2006)
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.
Measured: Baseline
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted12 Jun 2020
- Study start13 Jun 2020
- Primary completion30 Sep 2020
- Study completion30 Dec 2020
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Psychological WellbeingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of NottinghamThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- All students have access to the COVID-19 educational package to support psychological wellbeing in healthcare students (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.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 42 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Nottingham
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Holly Blake, University of Nottingham
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04429828
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- PoWerS_June2020
- Acronym
- PoWerS
- Status last verified
- Aug 2021
- First submitted
- 11 Jun 2020
- Last updated
- 27 Aug 2021
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Interview data will be made available on request (after study end).
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 27 Aug 2021. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- PoWerS Study: Psychological Wellbeing for Healthcare Students: Evaluation of a COVID-19 Digital Learning Package
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04429828
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- PoWerS / PoWerS_June2020
- Conditions
- Psychological Wellbeing
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 42 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of NottinghamUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 13 Jun 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Sep 2020 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Dec 2020 (actual)
- First posted
- 12 Jun 2020 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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.
Detailed description
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.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- All students have access to the COVID-19 educational package to support psychological wellbeing in healthcare students (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.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| e-package: psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers | Experimental | Other: COVID-19 e-package: Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workersA COVID-19 educational package on psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers, accessible to all healthcare students. |
Who may qualify
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- 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).
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Not a registered healthcare student.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| COVID-19 e-package: Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workersAll 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. | Other | e-package: psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers |
Primary outcome
Qualitative Interviews with Healthcare Students
Time frame: Once per study, telephone interview (during a 6-week interview period)
Users of the e-package
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.
5 secondary outcomes
Single Item Measure of Global Job Stressfulness (Houdmont et al, 2019)
Time frame: Baseline
Single Item Global Job Satisfaction Measure (Dolbier et al, 2005)
Time frame: Baseline
Single Item Measure of Presenteeism (Aronsson & Gustafsson, 2004)
Time frame: Baseline
Single Item Measure of Turnover intentions
Time frame: Baseline
Work Engagement (Shaufeli et al, 2006)
Time frame: Baseline
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 27 Aug 2021.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Interview data will be made available on request (after study end).
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing COVID-19 e-package: Psychological wellbeing for healthcare workers in people with Psychological Wellbeing, run by University of Nottingham at 1 site in United Kingdom.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 27 Aug 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United Kingdom. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Qualitative Interviews with Healthcare Students (time frame: Once per study, telephone interview (during a 6-week interview period)). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 27 Aug 2021; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 7 Nov 2026.