Ng S M, Lo Herman H M, Yeung Albert, Young Daniel, Fung Melody H Y, Wang Amenda M
Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Front Psychol. 2020 Jun 26;11:1482. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01482. eCollection 2020.
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.
鉴于社会服务工作对情绪方面的要求较高，我们开发了一个简短的每日身心灵（BMS）项目，并在老年服务工作者中成功进行了试点。拟开展的研究聚焦于经常面临长期压力且易出现职业倦怠的社区心理健康工作者。
本研究旨在评估该项目对培养社区心理健康工作者可持续情绪能力和工作投入度的效果。采用多地点随机对照试验设计。将邀请香港所有24家综合社区心理健康中心（ICCMW）参与该项目。保守估计，60%的ICCMW（14个中心）会响应并参与。在每个地点，将分别设立一个干预组和一个对照组。目标总样本量为224。为了研究职业倦怠和工作投入度的变化过程，每个组为期6个月，包括3个月的干预期和3个月的随访期。每月进行一次测量。
根据文献和试点试验的结果，预计在3个月的干预期内，简短每日BMS干预组的参与者职业倦怠水平会降低，工作投入度范围会缩小。在干预期后的3个月内，预计同一组参与者的职业倦怠水平会反弹，工作投入度范围会扩大。希望本研究将有助于更深入地理解职业倦怠和工作投入度，并为对情绪要求较高的工作场所的可持续干预提供启示。
该试验已在香港大学临床试验中心注册。HKUCTR - 2763，2019年12月27日注册 - 追溯注册，http://www.hkuctr.com/Study/Show/eb930d24e2c647afb7a922055163f24b 。
