Mindfulness Practices for Healthcare Professional Trainees

Stress Clinical Trial

Official title:

Mindfulness Practices for Healthcare Professional Trainees

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03403335
• Other study ID #: HM20012397
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 9, 2018
• Est. completion date: April 28, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: May 2019
• Source: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

A newly developed intervention, Mindfulness Based Practices for Health Care Professionals in Training: Clinical Applications, will be piloted to determine the feasibility and accessibility within this population. The purpose of the proposed study is to assess the change in perceived stress at work/school and psychological symptomology; i.e., depression, stress, emotion regulation, and dispositional mindfulness, from pre to post intervention in health care professional students and when compared to a matched control group.

Description:

The proposed study aims to investigate an 8-week intervention: Mindfulness Based Practices for Health Care Professionals in Training: Clinical Applications. During the intervention, participants will engage in didactic education, experiential mindfulness practices, including gentle yoga, and group dialogue. The aim of the study is to investigate the feasibility of this intervention in producing measurable differences between the participants and matched controls on their perception of their well-being and clinical work.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 57
• Est. completion date: April 28, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Students/faculty from any health care department at VCU

Exclusion Criteria:

• Anyone who is not a student/faculty from a health care department at VCU

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stress

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Mindfulness Based Practices for Health Care Professionals in Training
Eight weekly sessions including didactic lecture, discussion, homework, gentle yoga, and meditation and mindfulness exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	Virginia

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Virginia Commonwealth University	American Psychological Association (APA)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in burnout	Assessed using Maslach Burnout Inventory a 22 item screening tool with higher values indicating more burnout	administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Primary	Change in depressive symptoms	Assessed using Patient Health Questionnaire 9. 9-items with lower values indicating less depression	administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Primary	Change in state anxiety	Assessed using State Trait Anxiety Inventory -- a 20 item measure with some items reverse scored and higher scored indicating higher state anxiety	administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Primary	Change in ruminative thinking	Assessed using Rumination Response Scale -- a 10 item measure with higher scores indicating higher rumination	administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Primary	Change in stress	Assessed using Perceived Stress Scale -- a 14-item scale with higher scores indicating higher levels of stress	administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Primary	Change in dispositional mindfulness	Assessed using Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire -- a 39-item measure of 5 domains of mindfulness in daily life, with higher scores indicating higher levels of mindfulness	administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Primary	Change in cognitive functioning	Assessed using Trail Making Test A & B -- a brief task requiring respondents to connect numbered dots and then switch between number and letters, speed and accuracy are both recorded	administered at baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks)
Secondary	Change in interprofessional attitudes measure	Assessed using Interprofessional Team Training Assessment -- a 22-item measure and Student Perceptions of Physician-Pharmacist Interprofessional Clinical Education -- a 10-item measure; both with higher scores indicating more positive attitudes toward interprofessional training	administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Secondary	Follow-up Interview of Perceptions of Mindfulness and Interprofessional Education	qualitative interview and exploration -- participants will spend approximately 30 minute by phone being interviewed on their experiences with the intervention especially in the context of healthcare and interprofessional education	assessed at 3-month post-intervention follow-up