Workplace Well-Being in a Medical Training Institution

This intervention study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a workplace stress management programme in improving the psychological well-being of staff at a selected medical training institution. A total of 30 participants took part in a one-day intervention programme incorporating psychoeducation, stress awareness sessions, group discussions, self-reflection activities, relaxation techniques, mindfulness practices, and interactive team-building activities. The programme was evaluated using a pre-test and post-test design with three standardised instruments: the Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21), the Job Satisfaction Survey (JSS), and the Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). As the data were not normally distributed, the Wilcoxon Signed-Rank Test was employed to examine differences between pre-test and post-test scores. Significant reductions were observed in depression (Z = -3.922, p < .001), anxiety (Z = -4.487, p < .001), and stress (Z = -4.322, p < .001), together with a significant improvement in emotion regulation (Z = -4.230, p < .001). However, no statistically significant change was observed in job satisfaction (Z = -1.618, p = .106). These findings indicate that participation in the programme was associated with improvements in several psychological outcomes, while job satisfaction remained relatively unchanged. The findings should be interpreted cautiously because the study used a pre-test and post-test design without a control group, meaning that alternative explanations for the observed changes cannot be ruled out.

workplace well-being, workplace stress, psychological well-being, stress management, emotion regulation, counselling intervention

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