NCT06438016

Stress Management Training for Nursing Professionals in a Tertiary Care Center in Nepal

Exploring the Efficiency of Stress Management Training Programs in Reducing Stress Levels Within Nursing Professionals in a Tertiary Care Center in Nepal

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 99 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dhulikhel Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 8 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if stress management programs can help alleviate existing and prevent future symptoms of stress in nursing professionals working in a tertiary care center in Nepal. Researchers will compare the treatment group (exposed to stress management training) to the control group (not exposed to stress management training) to see if 1. Stress management sessions lead to reduction of levels of stress among nurses at tertiary level hospital in Nepal. 2. To compare the pre and post training stress levels among participants of intervention and control group Participants will Fill out the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 and the Perceived Stress Scale before either being exposed to a 4-session stress management training (treatment group) or not being exposed to such training (control). All participants (both groups) will fill out the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale 21 and the Perceived Stress Scale for pre-post comparative measure.

Detailed description

This study will aim to explore the effectiveness of a stress management program in nursing professionals in a community teaching hospital in Nepal. A 4-day stress management training program will be conducted and pre and post-training stress levels will be measured using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) and the Stress-Subscale of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) one week prior to and after the training program. This experimental pre-post double arm study will involve 86 participants - all nursing staff from the Dhulikhel Hospital. Participants will be divided into 2 groups - treatment and control. The treatment group will be further divided into 2 groups of 20-25. The stress management training program will be held across 4 weeks with both groups receiving one training course each week (eg. Week 1 - session 1; Week 2 - session 2). Both questionnaires will be distributed again to both groups, 1 month after the last stress management session (1 - month follow up) .The control group whilst not being subjected to the Stress management training during the study period, will obtain the training upon study completion.

Conditions

• Mental Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Stress Management Training	The intervention will comprise of 4 sessions delivered over 4 weeks. The training session will be structured as follows: Session 1 - Psychoeducation relating to stress and its effects. Session 2 - Behavioral techniques to cope with stress 1, Session 3 - Cognitive techniques to cope with stress and Session 4- Behavioral techniques to cope with stress. Both verbal and written means will be used to provide this training.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-08-30
• Primary completion: 2024-10-30
• Completion: 2024-11-30
• First posted: 2024-05-31
• Last updated: 2026-04-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Nepal