Impact of Stress First Aid for Workers in Substance Misuse Settings

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-100
SponsorUniversity of Texas at Austin

About this trial

Test the effectiveness of SFA adapted for the substance use outreach workforce compared to a no treatment control condition on social-support and burnout of HRWs in a cluster-randomized hybrid type I trial.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

At least 18 years of age

In a paid or volunteer role as a substance use outreach worker or community health/outreach worker (whose work includes substance use outreach) with people who use drugs within TX, LA, AR, OK, NM and tribal areas

Able and willing to provide informed consent

Disqualifiers

None

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Stress First Aid (SFA)

    Behavioral

    Stress First Aid for the Substance Use Outreach Workforce is a 2-hour training and up to six virtual 30-minute monthly learning collaborative meetings.

Treatment groups

500 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: No TreatmentNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Stress First Aid (SFA)Experimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

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
2

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

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Texas at Austin

Lead sponsor

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Collaborator