Wellbeing outcomes in Prince of Wales Hospital staff

INTERVENTION: This is a 12‐week trial involving a 7‐week intervention with 2 arms and 4 measurement occasions. The trial will recruit staff from Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney (primarily nurses, but anyone employed at the hospital will be eligible to join), and the aim will be to measure the participants' levels of wellbeing over time and to determine whether the 7‐week intervention is effective at increasing their wellbeing. All participants will complete an online survey in week 0 (i.e. one week before the intervention begins), week 4 (mid‐intervention), week 8 (one week post‐intervention), and week 12 (four weeks post‐intervention). Each participant will be randomly allocated to one of the two arms. The two arms will run simultaneously, from week 1 to week 7, and each arm will comprise around 100 participants. The intervention arm will involve a 7‐week program of weekly one‐hour online seminars (webinars). During the 7‐week program, the intervention participants will watch each weekly webinar. They will have the option of attending each webinar live (via Zoom) or watching a recording of the webinar later in the week (in their own time). Each webinar will focus on one area of life (e.g. sleep, exercise, nutrition) that is related to wellbeing. Each webinar will provide background scientific information about its area, and then provide suggestions on how to make improvements within the area, with the goal of increasing the participants' wellbeing. Thus, the intervention arm will provide knowledge + solutions. The webinars will be delivered by two presenters. One is a Nurse Educator with a Master degree in Adult Education and extensive experience in coaching, educating, and training, and the other is a Research Assistant with a Ph.D. in Psychology and extensive experi CONDITION: Mental Health ‐ Studies of normal psychology, cognitive function and behaviour Wellbeing; ; Wellbeing PRIMARY OUTCOME: Psychological distress, as measured by the DASS‐21 questionnaire (Lovibond & Lovibond, 1995).[Week 0 (one week before intervention begins); Week 4 (mid‐intervention); Week 8 (one week after intervention completion) ‐ this is the primary endpoint; Week 12 (four weeks after intervention completion)] Wellbeing, as measured by the COMPAS‐W questionnaire (Gatt et al., 2014).[Week 0 (one week before intervention begins); Week 4 (mid‐intervention); Week 8 (one week after intervention completion) ‐ this is the primary endpoint; Week 12 (four weeks after intervention completion)] SECONDARY OUTCOME: Compassion for others, as measured by the CS questionnaire (Pommier et al., 2019).[Week 0 (one week before intervention begins) ; Week 4 (mid‐intervention) ; Week 8 (one week after intervention completion) ; Week 12 (four weeks after intervention completion)] Health and lifestyle habits, as measured by the Health and Lifestyle Questionnaire.[Week 0 (one week before intervention begins) ; Week 4 (mid‐intervention) ; Week 8 (one week after intervention completion) ; Week 12 (four weeks after intervention completion)] Mindfulness, as measured by the MAAS questionniare (Brown & Ryan, 2003; Carlson & Brown, 2005).[Week 0 (one week before intervention begins) ; Week 4 (mid‐intervention) ; Week 8 (one week after intervention completion) ; Week 12 (four weeks after intervention completion)] Self‐compassion, as measured by the S‐CS questionnaire (Neff et al., 2003).[Week 0 (one week before intervention begins) ; Week 4 (mid‐intervention) ; Week 8 (one week after intervention completion) ; Week 12 (four weeks after intervention completion)] Work engagement, as measured by UWES questionnaire (Seppala et al., 2009).[Week 0 (one week before intervention begins) ; Week 4 (mid‐intervention) ; Week 8 (one week after intervention completion) ; Week 12 (four weeks after intervention completion)] Work performance, as measured by the HPQ questionnaire (Kessler et al., 2003).[Week 0 (one week before intervention begins) ; Week 4 (mid‐intervention) ; Week 8 (one week after intervention completion) ; Week 12 (four weeks after intervention completion)] INCLUSION CRITERIA: Currently employed at Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. Willing to spend up to an hour a week (for 7 consecutive weeks) on a webinar/pamphlet. Able to communicate in spoken and written English.