RESTORE

Research Evaluating Staff Training Online for Resilience: A cluster randomised controlled trial of online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) training to improve mental wellbeing in staff caring for terminally ill people and their caregivers.

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The RESTORE trial involves a psychological skills training course based on Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT), to promote mental wellbeing in palliative care staff, and to support staff to manage work-related stress and distress. Acceptance and Commitment Training uses values, acceptance, and mindfulness techniques to improve mental health and wellbeing by increasing psychological flexibility.  ACT emphasizes how we respond to thoughts and feelings, rather than trying to alter the meaning of the situation as in traditional cognitive therapy.

 

The purpose of the study is to find out whether Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACT) plus usual staff wellbeing supports (the Intervention group) results in lasting changes in work-related quality of life and wellbeing compared to usual wellbeing supports alone (the control group).

   
Chief Investigators 

Dr David Gillanders

Dr Anne Finucane

Number and location of participating sites / geographical scope (by region/ country) UK Hospices – 16
Funder NIHR

Start and End date

Of grant award

 

 

Grant Start date 1st February 2024

Grant End date 29 Feb 2028

Current Status In set up
Contact details  

CAHSS: https://llc.ed.ac.uk/research/ethics/health-and-social-care-research-sponsorship-guidan

 

Chief Investigator: Dr David Gillander - david.gillanders@ed.ac.uk 

Chief Investigator: Dr Anne Finucane - a.finucane@ed.ac.uk

 

Trial Manager: Alix Macdonald

ECTU Involvement  Trial management / Statistics / Database 
   

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