Stress Management and Resiliency Training for Physicians

Stress Clinical Trial

Official title:

Stress Management and Resiliency Training for Physicians

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03570853
• Other study ID #: 2018P000836
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 9, 2018
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: February 2021
• Source: Massachusetts General Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is to evaluate the effects of the SMART-3RP (Stress Management and Resiliency Training Relaxation Response Resiliency Program) on physician and academic faculty well-being, perceived stress, burnout, compassion, and job satisfaction.

Description:

Burnout is a serious problem in healthcare, resulting in absenteeism, decreased job satisfaction, decreased empathy, anxiety, depression, increased medical errors and decreased patient satisfaction. A growing number of studies have demonstrated that programs incorporating mind-body practices increase resilience in healthcare providers and can reduce burnout and perceived stress while increasing empathy. The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine (BHI) has developed a clinical program for patients known as the Stress Management and Resiliency Training Relaxation Response Resiliency Program (SMART-3RP or SMART Program for short). This study is to evaluate the effect of the SMART-3RP on physician and academic faculty well-being, perceived stress, burnout, compassion, and job satisfaction.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 160
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physicians and academic faculty of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burnout, Professional
• Stress

Intervention

Behavioral:
• SMART-3RP
This is an 8-week, multimodal resiliency program that targets stress with 4 main components: mind-body skills (participants learn a variety of meditation techniques, mini relaxations, walking meditation, and yoga), traditional stress management techniques, healthy lifestyle behaviors (sleep, exercise, nutrition, and social support), and cognitive reappraisal and adaptive coping skills (borrowed from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and positive psychology). The program consists of 8, 1.5 hour sessions.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts
United States	Newton Wellesley Hospital	Newton	Massachusetts

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Massachusetts General Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in perceived stress: pre-program vs. post-program	Change in score on the perceived stress scale - 10 item instrument (PSS-10) from baseline to completion of the group.	Approximately 2 months