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Filter by:Very high levels of stress have been reported in parents with their infants admitted to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Review of literature shows that the symptoms are consistent with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Acute Stress Disorder and many parents have depression that lasts longer than a month. Skin-to-skin care offers many benefits to the mother and the infant including reduction of maternal stress. However, it has been observed that mothers giving skin-to-skin care for preterm infants in an NICU environment focus on the cardiorespiratory monitoring and its alarms instead of focusing on the baby and "being in the moment". There have also been other challenges noted with maternal sleep while providing skin-to-skin and parental distraction on hand-held devices while providing skin-to-skin. Mindfulness offers a way to focus on being in the moment and accepting the present moment in a non-judgmental and compassionate manner. Mindfulness has been shown to reduce stress in parents of babies admitted to NICU. To date, they are no studies looking at Mindfulness during skin-to-skin care. This study will explore the feasibility and acceptability of teaching mindfulness skills to mothers providing skin-to-skin care and studying its effects on maternal stress and distraction. This study involves providing Mindfulness-based strategies during skin-to-skin care to NICU mothers for four consecutive weeks. Participants will be enrolled through informed consent. All participants will be given pre and post participation questionnaires to examine the impact of the sessions on stress reduction, mental wellness and mindfulness quotient. The participants will also be encouraged to maintain a weekly kangaroo care log. Participants will be asked to fill out an acceptability form at the end of the 4 weeks. The data will be analyzed to study the effect of mindfulness on stress reduction and mental wellness. The study will also help understand the uptake and acceptance of such a course by NICU mothers. The results of this study will lead to a future randomized controlled trial looking at the impact of mindfulness practise during skin-to-skin care on parental stress reduction.
The purpose of this study is to collect patients' experiences and feedback to better understand and improve mental health care using telehealth services. This is critically important as telehealth appointments, including both phone and video calls, continue to be offered for regular appointments to reduce in-person interaction as a preventive measure to help control the spread of COVID-19.
The aim of this randomized, waitlist controlled trial is to examine the efficacy of the Compassion Cultivation Training (CCT©) in reducing psychological distress (i.e., stress, anxiety and depression) and burnout symptoms while improving psychological well-being medical students. The second goal of the study is to examine whether mindfulness and compassion-related variables as well as emotional-cognitive emotional regulation processes mediate the psychological distress and well-being changes. The effects of the CCT© program will be measured by means of self-report questionnaires involving different domains (mindfulness, compassion, distress, and well-being measures) at different time points (pre-intervention, inter-session assessment, post-intervention, 2-month and 6-month follow-up).
The primary aim of this study is to examine whether lower-risk activities displace participation in higher-risk behaviors during COVID-19. Investigators will test this aim by promoting specific activities that are expected to be low-risk when it comes to COVID-19 transmission (e.g., participating in a hiking challenge) and assessing impacts on participants' activity choices. Investigators also aim to describe adults' activity participation during COVID-19 generally and to examine secondary outcomes, including reported stress and sleep.
The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the need for skills training and mental health support for healthcare workers who are exposed to the numerous stressors and potential trauma of a high-risk environment. This context is associated with significant impacts on mental health, including depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress, with nurses and personal support workers (PSWs) being disproportionately impacted. The proposed STEP program is an intervention that aims to equip nurses and PSWs with the skills and support needed to promote their wellness and navigate the challenges of experiencing trauma in a high-risk, high-stress environment, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic. As such, the STEP intervention has the potential to improve trauma resilience and mental health among nurses and PSW, which may ultimately improve patient care and benefit the hospital system during and even beyond the pandemic. The results from this study will also provide vital insight into promising interventions for healthcare workers that are accessible and scalable.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of Cereset Research to improve the symptoms of stress in healthcare workers in an open label, waitlist controlled pilot clinical trial, during the period of COVID-19.
This study is part of a Wellcome Trust-funded research programme in India called PRIDE (PRemIum for aDolEscents, 2016-2022) led by Principal Investigator Prof. Vikram Patel (Harvard Medical School). The programme aims to develop and evaluate a trans-diagnostic, stepped-care intervention targeting common mental health problems in school-going adolescents in India. The study is planned in the context of school closures and other COVID-19 mitigation strategies in India. We will undertake a pilot randomized controlled trial with the specific aims to - assess the acceptability and feasibility of an online problem-solving intervention - obtain effect size estimates for the online problem-solving intervention when compared to a usual care control condition - assess process variables related to intervention and research procedures and thereby assist with planning for a future large-scale trial.
Although on an international level, accumulating evidence supports the feasibility and effectiveness of VR for pain and anxiety management, in Belgium, adoption of VR in clinical practice is limited and local trials are scarce. In order to improve translation from research to practice, the current study will focus on the feasibility, acceptability, tolerability and preliminary effectiveness of 'Relaxation-VR', a VR application aiming to reduce anxiety and pain for children admitted to hospital, as experienced by both patients and clinical staff. This study will take place at the paediatric wards of two hospitals interested in adopting this innovative technology for improving both patient care (e.g., anxiety and pain reduction) and staff workload (e.g., shorter procedure times), UZ Brussel and AZ Sint-Maarten.
Acupressure, which is a type of nonpharmacological practice. Acupressure is a practice that provides energy flow by applying pressure to the special points of the meridians that innately carry energy in the body with stimulation bands, hands, and fingers. Acupressure is also known as acupuncture without needles. Because no needles are used in acupressure, acupressure is an easy, safe, effective, and economical method to learn and apply. There is no study to determine the effect of acupressure on acute pain, patient satisfaction and stress, which is applied to adult patients during the venipuncture procedure. In this context, the study was planned to be conducted in a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of acupressure on acute pain, stress level and satisfaction during venpuncture in adult patients.Patient Evaluation Form, Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Visual Patient Satisfaction Scale and State Anxiety Inventory will be used in the study. The scales will be used before and after venpuncture. Acupressure will be applied to the adults in the acupressure group for 10 min before the venipuncture procedure. Pain, heart rate, and oxygen saturation levels of the adults in the acupressure and control groups will be evaluated both before and after the venipuncture procedure.
Given the prevalence of suicide and mental health issues in rural Montana, this project is intended to help mitigate stressors that may contribute to poor behavioral and mental health in high school-aged children. The immediate goal is to measure physical and mental health outcomes in adolescents resulting from a trauma-informed yoga intervention designed to foster positive youth development and student success. It builds on feasibility study for year one in which 19 experimental condition participants engaged in an 8-week yoga program.