UpLift Trial 2

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    UpLift Trial 2: A randomised controlled trial using job crafting to improve staff well-being in psychological therapy services

  • IRAS ID

    303744

  • Contact name

    Jeannie McKie

  • Contact email

    j.mckie@nhs.net

  • Sponsor organisation

    Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    0 years, 10 months, 29 days

  • Research summary

    This study has been developed as a public health response to the COVID-19 crisis, aiming to support the wellbeing of NHS mental staff using an accessible blended-care intervention that combines video-based workshops with online self-help materials. The study will examine the effectiveness of a "job crafting" intervention designed to reduce occupational burnout and to improve wellbeing. The intervention has been previously found to be acceptable to NHS professionals in our previous study (UpLift Trial 1). The study will compare the effects of job crafting relative to a waitlist control group, using a stepped-wedge, cluster randomised controlled trial design. The study specifically seeks to include psychological professionals working in Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) services, based on prior evidence that occupational burnout levels are notoriously high in mental healthcare providers.

  • REC name

    East Midlands - Nottingham 1 Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    21/EM/0206

  • Date of REC Opinion

    14 Oct 2021

  • REC opinion

    Further Information Favourable Opinion