Self-help for stress and burnout without therapist contact: An online randomised controlled trial
| Autor: | Marina Milidou, Michael Waadt, Regula Aschwanden, Andrea H. Meyer, Roselind Lieb, Patrizia D. Hofer, Andrew T. Gloster, Jens Acker |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
050103 clinical psychology
medicine.medical_specialty 020205 medical informatics education 05 social sciences Flexibility (personality) 02 engineering and technology Burnout Acceptance and commitment therapy 3. Good health law.invention Self-help Randomized controlled trial law Intervention (counseling) Stress (linguistics) 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Physical therapy medicine 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Applied Psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Work & Stress. 32:189-208 |
| ISSN: | 1464-5335 0267-8373 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02678373.2017.1402389 |
| Popis: | Interventions designed to reduce stress and burnout may be costly and access is limited. This study examined the effectiveness of a self-help book, using Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to target stress and burnout in a randomised controlled online trial without any therapist contact. Participants were recruited through a newsletter of a health insurance company. Participants ( N = 119) who reported at least moderate levels of stress were randomly assigned to an immediate intervention ( n = 61) or a waitlist group ( n = 58). Measures before and after the intervention assessed stress, burnout (primary outcomes), depression, well-being, emotion regulation (secondary outcomes) and ACT-specific constructs. Compared to the waitlist group, participants in the immediate intervention group reported lower stress and burnout and higher psychological flexibility at post-assessment. Effects between groups were large for stress ( d = 0.9), moderate to large for burnout ( d = 0.5–0.8) and large for psychological flexibility ( d = 0.8). All primary and most secondary outcomes and ACT processes continued to improve in the 3-month-follow-up period. Results suggest that an ACT self-help book without any therapist contact is effective in reducing stress and burnout for various occupations. Thus, it may provide a cost-effective public health intervention for reducing stress and burnout. |
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