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An Internet-based Self-help Intervention to Improve Common Mental Health Problems Among Medical Professionals
Sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Summary
This randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an internet-based guided self-help intervention developed based on Problem Solving Therapy, a transdiagnostic low-intensity intervention recommended by the World Health Organization, in improving medical professionals' mental health.
Official title: E-training for Medical Professionals On Wellbeing and Effective Resolutions (E.M.P.O.W.E.R.) - A Randomized Controlled Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 60 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
120
Start Date
2022-12-20
Completion Date
2026-03-31
Last Updated
2025-04-10
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
E-training for Medical Professionals On Wellbeing and Effective Resolutions (E.M.P.O.W.E.R.)
The EMPOWER programme aims to help participants acquire problem-solving skills adapted into the context of MPs' workplace and daily life to address their work-related, personal, and interpersonal problems, including self-neglect, work-life imbalance, patient communication problems, as well as stress during emerging public health crises. The session elements include video introduction, metaphors, daily examples, and narrative stories with prototype MP characters depicting the targeted problems to demonstrate how the taught problem-solving skills could be applied in a variety of situations. Brief exercise and homework will be assigned after each session and personalized written feedback will be provided.
Education Materials
The waitlist control receive education materials covering (1) introduction of mental health problems; (2) signs, symptoms, causes, and consequences of anxiety and depression, and (3) treatment approaches and available community resources.
Locations (1)
JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong