Seven group therapy sessions helped midwives put off work and decisions less
Who it’s about: Adults, Workers
- Helped
After seven group sessions on unhelpful thoughts and splitting tasks, midwives put off work less than others for two months.
- Action: Challenge unhelpful thoughtstested
- Action: Split a big task into piecestested
- Rule: Practise with a groupused
- Rule: With a coach or therapistused
Small randomised trial of 47 midwives in Iran who put things off · vs midwives who got nothing · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable
- Helped
The same group sessions also helped midwives put off decisions less than those who got nothing.
Small randomised trial of 47 midwives in Iran who put things off · vs midwives who got nothing · they rated themselves · ⚠ numbers unreliable
The study
Who took part
47 midwives who worked in hospitals in Zanjan, Iran. All were chosen because they scored high for putting things off. The therapy group were about 32 on average and the other group about 36.
What they did
24 midwives had seven group sessions of 90 minutes with two therapists. They looked at the beliefs and excuses behind putting things off. They split hard tasks into simple parts and learned to cope with discomfort. The other 23 got nothing during the study, and got the course booklet after it.
What happened
At the end and two months later, the therapy group said they put off work and decisions less than the other group. Three midwives in each group did not fill in the end questionnaire. Some of the paper's numbers don't line up, and the length of the course is described in two different ways.
Source
The effect of cognitive behavioural group therapy on the workplace and decisional procrastination of midwives: A randomized controlled trial (2020)
DOI: 10.4103/ijnmr.ijnmr_206_19 (opens in a new tab)Tools in this study
Action5
Challenge unhelpful thoughtsCognitive restructuring of beliefs such as perfectionism or catastrophising.
