Figure 1
Flow chart of intervention recruitment and participation.
a Retired, quit, changed wards.
b On leave, vacation, off duty, training.
Table 1
Descriptive Characteristics of Participants Included in the Analyses at T0.
| Characteristics | Total n | Mean (SD) | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 116 | ||
| - Women | 50 | ||
| - Men | 50 | ||
| Age | 116 | 40.8 (11.1) | |
| Years of employment at the Swedish Prison and Probation Services | 116 | 6.7 (8.2) | |
| Work full time | 116 | 90 | |
| University degree | 116 | 37 | |
| Taken the job due to | 116 | ||
| - Practical reasons | 47 | ||
| - Interest | 53 | ||
| Want to change jobs | 116 | ||
| - Yes | 39 | ||
| - No | 51 | ||
| - Unsure | 10 |
Figure 2
Means for emotional exhaustion over time estimated for control and intervention conditions.
Figure 3
Means for cynicism over time estimated for control and intervention conditions.
Figure 4
Means for professional efficacy over time estimated for control and intervention conditions.
Table 2
Main and Moderated Models: Effects of Intervention on Outcome Measures.
| Main model | n | Emotional exhaustion | Cynicism | Professional efficacy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | p | b | p | b | p | ||
| Intervention | 116 | 0.13 | 0.56 | 0.21 | 0.32 | –0.25 | 0.13 |
| Time | 116 | <–0.01 | 0.84 | 0.03 | 0.14 | –0.20 | 0.19 |
| Intervention * Time | 116 | –0.05 | 0.1 | –0.07 | 0.01 | 0.06 | <0.01 |
| Between subject variance (s.e.) | 116 | 1.08 (0.18) | 0.81 (0.14) | 0.34 (0.06) | |||
| Moderated models | |||||||
| Want to change jobs * interventiona | 102 | –0.44 | 0.01 | –0.17 | 0.33 | –0.06 | 0.64 |
| - Yesb | 44 | –0.53 | 0.02 | ||||
| - Nob | 58 | 0.06 | 0.75 | ||||
| Reason for choosing the job * interventiona | 107 | 0.16 | 0.85 | 0.36 | 0.04 | –0.01 | 0.96 |
| - practical reasonsb | 44 | –0.44 | 0.04 | ||||
| - interestb | 63 | –0.11 | 0.49 | ||||
| Age * intervention | 115 | <–0.01 | 0.47 | –0.01 | 0.11 | 0.01 | <0.01 |
[i] Results of mixed-model linear regression.
b = Regression coefficient (beta).
a = Results of analysis on full data, n = 116.
b = main effect of intervention, results of analysis on stratified data.
Bold – significant also in the sensitivity analysis, p < 0.05.