Protocol: a multi-level intervention program to reduce stress in 9-1-1 telecommunicators
| العنوان: | Protocol: a multi-level intervention program to reduce stress in 9-1-1 telecommunicators |
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| المؤلفون: | Janet G. Baseman, Ian Painter, Ann Tu, Michelle M. Lilly, Scott Stangenes, Hendrika Meischke, Randal D. Beaton, Debra Revere, Rebecca Calhoun |
| المصدر: | BMC Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018) BMC Public Health |
| بيانات النشر: | BMC, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 9-1-1 dispatcher, 050103 clinical psychology, Mindfulness, Applied psychology, Study Protocol, Occupational Stress, 03 medical and health sciences, Social support, 0302 clinical medicine, Clinical Protocols, Intervention (counseling), Emergency medical services, Humans, Medicine, 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences, Occupational Health, Internet, business.industry, Emergency Medical Service Communication Systems, lcsh:Public aspects of medicine, 05 social sciences, Stressor, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, lcsh:RA1-1270, 030210 environmental & occupational health, Triage, 3. Good health, Distress, Workforce, Stress reduction, business, Program Evaluation |
| الوصف: | Background Nationwide, emergency response systems depend on 9-1-1 telecommunicators to prioritize, triage, and dispatch assistance to those in distress. 9-1-1 call center telecommunicators (TCs) are challenged by acute and chronic workplace stressors: tense interactions with citizen callers in crisis; overtime; shift-work; ever-changing technologies; and negative work culture, including co-worker conflict. This workforce is also subject to routine exposures to secondary traumatization while handling calls involving emergency situations and while making time urgent, high stake decisions over the phone. Our study aims to test the effectiveness of a multi-part intervention to reduce stress in 9-1-1 TCs through an online mindfulness training and a toolkit containing workplace stressor reduction resources. Methods/design The study employs a randomized controlled trial design with three data collection points. The multi-part intervention includes an individual-level online mindfulness training and a call center-level organizational stress reduction toolkit. 160 TCs will be recruited from 9-1-1 call centers, complete a baseline survey at enrollment, and are randomly assigned to an intervention or a control group. Intervention group participants will start a 7-week online mindfulness training developed in-house and tailored to 9-1-1 TCs and their call center environment; control participants will be “waitlisted” and start the training after the study period ends. Following the intervention group’s completion of the mindfulness training, all participants complete a second survey. Next, the online toolkit with call-center wide stress reduction resources is made available to managers of all participating call centers. After 3 months, a third survey will be completed by all participants. The primary outcome is 9-1-1 TCs’ self-reported symptoms of stress at three time points as measured by the C-SOSI (Calgary Symptoms of Stress Inventory). Secondary outcomes will include: perceptions of social work environment (measured by metrics of social support and network conflict); mindfulness; and perceptions of social work environment and mindfulness as mediators of stress reduction. Discussion This study will evaluate the effectiveness of an online mindfulness training and call center-wide stress reduction toolkit in reducing self-reported stress in 9-1-1 TCs. The results of this study will add to the growing body of research on worksite stress reduction programs. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov Registration Number: NCT02961621 Registered on November 7, 2016 (retrospectively registered). |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1471-2458 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::3807255f129b72d5e3a4e6ec2401ddc1 http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-018-5471-0 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....3807255f129b72d5e3a4e6ec2401ddc1 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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