Making Resident Well-Being a (Virtual) Reality

Mental Health Clinical Trial

Official title:

Making Resident Well-Being a (Virtual) Reality

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05395221
• Other study ID #: 21-01719
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2024
• Est. completion date: March 2024

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: NYU Langone Health
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is a prospective cross-over trial examining the effect of virtual reality assisted meditation on resident reported well-being using validated scoring systems. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality guided meditation as a mechanism to improve plastic surgery resident well-being. The secondary objective is to assess resident likeliness to continue mindful meditation following completion of the study.

Description:

All plastic surgery residents participating will spend three months with access to virtual reality assisted meditation and three months without access to this technology. Assessment scores will be taken before and after the first three month period, and then again following the second three month period.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: March 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 99 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Current resident of NYU Langone Plastic Surgery (Academic Year 2022-2023)
• Consent to participation in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any plastic surgery resident involved in conducting the study
• Any non-plastic surgery resident during the academic year 2022-2023
• Any plastic surgery resident choosing not to participate in the study

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mental Health

Intervention

Other:
• Guided Mediation Virtual Reality App
Guided Meditation Virtual Reality App uses over 40 lush environments with 30 hours of guided meditations on Anxiety, Depression, Maternity, Resilience, Sleep, or Zen and 200 relaxing audio tracks using Virtual reality.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
NYU Langone Health

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Emotional Exhaustion as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)	Emotional exhaustion as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) before and after virtual reality guided meditations. All MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from "never" to "daily." The MBI has three component scales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization (5 items) and personal achievement (8 items). Each scale measures its own unique dimension of burnout.; Higher scores in emotional exhaustion contribute to higher levels of burnout.	Baseline, 3 month visit, 6 month visit
Primary	Change in Depersonalization as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)	Depersonalization as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) before and after virtual reality guided meditations. All MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from "never" to "daily." The MBI has three component scales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization (5 items) and personal achievement (8 items). Each scale measures its own unique dimension of burnout. Higher scores in depersonalization contribute to higher levels of burnout.	Baseline, 3 month visit, 6 month visit
Primary	Change in personal accomplishment as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)	Personal accomplishment as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) before and after virtual reality guided meditations. All MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from "never" to "daily." The MBI has three component scales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization (5 items) and personal achievement (8 items). Each scale measures its own unique dimension of burnout. Lower scores in personal accomplishment are suggestive of a more severe degree of burnout.	Baseline, 3 month visit, 6 month visit