UpLift Trial [COVID-19]
Research type
Research Study
Full title
UpLift: A randomised controlled trial to improve NHS staff wellbeing
IRAS ID
288024
Contact name
Jeannie McKie
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust
ISRCTN Number
ISRCTN18197153
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 1 months, 4 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 staff using accessible blended-care interventions that combine video-based workshops with App-based self-help materials. The study will examine the comparative effectiveness of two interventions designed to reduce occupational burnout and to improve wellbeing in NHS staff. One intervention has a well-established evidence base grounded in cognitive behavioural coping skills; the second intervention is novel and has no prior empirical support. The study will compare the effects of the novel intervention relative to the well-established intervention, using a non-inferiority controlled trial design.
Design: This will be a non-inferiority randomised controlled trial, comparing the effectiveness of two alternative interventions for occupational burnout. NHS staff who have direct contact with patients (including health care and administrative staff) will be eligible to participate. Participants will be asked via email to complete a brief electronic questionnaire in relation to their occupational and personal wellbeing, at the start of the study and at three further time-points (3 weeks, 6 weeks, and 6 months later). This will include basic demographics (age, gender, ethnicity) and self-reported sickness days taken over the last 6 months. After Participants complete the initial questionnaire, they will be randomly allocated to one of the two interventions, and will receive instructions via email to access their allocated intervention, at a fixed day and time each week, via Microsoft Teams, for a total of six weeks. After the end of each of these hour-long video sessions, participants will have access to online self-help resources through a dedicated App (website with secure and password protected login). The video sessions will be conducted in a way that participants’ identity is anonymous (e.g., no need to show their video or to reveal their full name to other participants).
REC name
East Midlands - Leicester South Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
20/EM/0236
Date of REC Opinion
16 Oct 2020
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion