Impact of Stress First Aid for Workers in Substance Misuse Settings

N/ANot Yet RecruitingNCT07177014

University of Texas at Austin500 enrolled

Overview

Test the effectiveness of SFA adapted for the harm reduction workforce (SFA/HRW) compared to a no treatment control condition on social-support and burnout of HRWs in a cluster-randomized hybrid type I trial.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

500

Conditions

Occupational Health

Interventions

Stress First Aid for Harm Reduction Workers (SFA/HRW)BEHAVIORAL

Stress First Aid for Harm Reduction Workers is a 2-hour training and up to six virtual 30-minute monthly learning collaborative meetings.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 100 Years

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Inclusion Criteria: * At least 18 years of age * Employed in a paid role as a harm reduction worker or community health/outreach worker (whose work includes harm reduction) with people who use drugs within TX, LA, AR, OK, NM and tribal areas * Able and willing to provide informed consent Exclusion Criteria: \- Inability to provide consent

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change from Baseline in the Mean Overall Burnout Assessed by the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory at 2 Months

A 19-item, 5-point Likert type scale, where a higher score is a worse outcome. Minimum score of 0, maximum score of 100.

Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after the intervention training

Change from Baseline in the Mean Overall Social Support Assessed by the Job Content Questionnaire Social Support Sub-Scale at 2 Months

An 8-item; 4-point Likert-type scale, where a higher score is a better outcome. Minimum score of 8, maximum score of 40.

Time frame: From enrollment to 2 months after the intervention training

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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