NCT06727682

Feasibility of Stress Management Education Delivered Via Virtual Classroom in Nursing Homes: a Pilot Study of a RCT

Feasibility and Relevance of Stress Management Education Delivered Via Virtual Classroom for Carers Working in Specialised Care Units in Nursing Homes: a Pilot Study of a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: GCS CIPS · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this cluster-randomised pilot study is to assess the feasibility of a remote stress management programme to reduce occupational stress in healthcare workers in specialised care units of nursing homes. Secondary aims are to assess the effectiveness of the programme in reducing stress in care workers and reducing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in residents. Participants randomised to the experimental cluster will follow the stress management programme delivered in a virtual classroom. Participants randomised to the control cluster will be placed on a waiting list. The primary outcome measure will be the participation rate in the study. Other secondary outcomes will include measures of heart rate variability (as a marker of physiological stress) and scores on specific questionnaires for stress, anxiety and risk of burnout in nursing staff in the specialised care units, and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and quality of life in residents in the specialised care units. Both clusters will complete the same assessments. Participants in the experimental cluster will follow a three-course programme with a psychologist via videoconferencing over a period of 2 months. After the study's final evaluation visit, which will take place one month after the programme, participants in the control cluster will be offered the opportunity to follow the same programme.

Conditions

• Occupational Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Stress management	Ten-hour, three-course stress management programme with a psychologist via video conferencing over a 2 month period. The classes will be delivered in small groups of maximum seven care workers. Carers can be brought together in the same room, but the speaker will necessarily be at a distance, via videoconferencing. The formation will adress the following issues: i) Understanding the mechanisms of stress, ii) Identifying sources of stress and triggers, iii) Anticipate stressful situations and use their resources to prevent them, and iv) Use the most appropriate stress-reduction techniques, depending on their sensitivity.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-12-02
• Primary completion: 2025-05-22
• Completion: 2025-05-22
• First posted: 2024-12-11
• Last updated: 2025-08-19

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: France