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Psychological Support for Intensive Care Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The PROACTIVE Feasibility Trial

NCT05087186 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2023-03-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The psychological health of frontline healthcare workers, caring for critically ill patients with COVID-19, has deteriorated during the pandemic. Nurses appear to be most seriously affected. Despite the availability of supportive interventions, uptake is poor, and none have been found beneficial in randomised controlled trials.

The investigators have developed a two-pronged approach (combining the FLASH technique and Guided Imagery) that aims to reduce existing symptoms of distress and provide participants with techniques to help them cope with future stressful events. This approach has been developed with experienced psychological practitioners, and staff members. The FLASH technique is a recently developed therapy which aims to reduce psychological distress following traumatic events. It allows participants to process traumatic memories without feeling distress. Using guided imagery, a trained psychological practitioner helps participants to direct attention from distressing or intrusive memories, by evoking or generating positive mental images, sounds, tastes, smells and movement. Emerging evidence suggests that both techniques are safe and effective.

PROACTIVE will investigate the feasibility and acceptability of this two-pronged approach to address existing traumatic symptoms and enhance future resilience for intensive care nurses. Findings will inform the design of a larger trial which tests intervention effectiveness.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Guided imagery and FLASH technique

Five virtual group sessions delivered by psychological therapists; * Sessions 1 and 2: Guided imagery * Sessions 3 and 4: FLASH technique * Session 5: Refresher on guided imagery and FLASH technique

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Andy Bates · University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-01-13
Primary Completion
2023-09-30
Completion
2023-09-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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