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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03330665
Other study ID # BHS-1245
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date November 1, 2016
Est. completion date September 7, 2021

Study information

Verified date February 2022
Source New York Institute of Technology
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Physician empathy and reducing stress are major factors in attaining positive clinical outcomes for patients. Fostering empathy in medical students is particularly important as they are the future of the healthcare workforce and a trend of declining empathy during medical education may lead to decreased health care quality outcomes. Meditation may be an avenue to promote positive student attitudes including empathy, though very few studies have examined this idea through empirical research. Using validated measures, the Jefferson scale of empathy and the perceived stress scale, we seek to investigate whether use of a meditation app will be associated with higher levels of self-rated empathy and lower self-rated stress.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 78
Est. completion date September 7, 2021
Est. primary completion date September 1, 2020
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: -Medical students from New York Institute of Technology Exclusion Criteria: -Not a medical student

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Meditation
Meditate 3 times a week using headspace app

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
New York Institute of Technology

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Perceived stress scale (PSS) Perceived stress scale measures stress levels. 10 item scale where subjects are asked to indicate by circling how often they felt or thought a certain way on a scale of 1-4. Items are them added up- a higher score means higher stress. 6 months
Primary Jefferson scale of empathy Jefferson scale of Empathy measures empathy levels. 20 item scale where subjects are asked to indicate by circling how often they felt or thought a certain way about empathy related situations on a scale of 1-7. Items are them added up- a higher score means higher empathy. 6 months
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