Three Good Things 2020: a Brief Text-based Wellness Intervention

Job Related Stress Clinical Trial

Official title:

Three Good Things 2020: a Brief Text-based Wellness Intervention

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04676698
• Other study ID #: HUM00188399
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 3, 2021
• Est. completion date: August 28, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: December 2021
• Source: University of Michigan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This trial will be open to all Michigan Medicine Department of Family Medicine faculty, resident, or staff.

The intervention will consist of asking participants the "3 Good Things" based on positive psychology theory. Participants will be asked to list three things that went well that day and to consider their role in these outcomes. Pre and post surveys will be completed to evaluate this intervention.

At the end of the trial the study team will also select a limited number of entries from participants to share some of the "good things" which people listed. These will be edited to ensure writer anonymity and participants will be informed of this plan in the study introduction.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 223
• Est. completion date: August 28, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: August 28, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Faculty, resident, or staff in the Michigan Medicine (MM) Department of Family Medicine

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not a member of Family Medicine at MM

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Job Related Stress
• Occupational Stress

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Three Good Things
The treatment phase will last 3 weeks. However, participants will complete surveys at baseline and up to 6 months. At the end of the trial the study team will also select a limited number of entries from participants to share some of the "good things" which people listed. These will be edited to ensure writer anonymity and participants will be informed of this plan in the study introduction.
• Wait list control arm and then Three Good Things
Surveys will be completed for 3 months prior to treatment and then after treatment.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Michigan	Ann Arbor	Michigan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Michigan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS-SF) between the intervention and control group	This is a 10 item survey to measure positive and negative affect. Responses include; very slightly or not at all, a little, quite a bit, and extremely. Higher scores of Positive Affect (PA) subscale represent higher positive affect higher scores of Negative affect (NA) subscale represent higher negative affect.	Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months
Secondary	Change in self-reported physical health	This is a 1 question item to assess participants physical health ( 1=Excellent 2=good 3=fair 4=poor).	Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months
Secondary	Change in self-reported mental health	This is a 1 question item to assess participants mental health ( 1=Excellent 2=good 3=fair 4=poor).	Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months
Secondary	Change in Gratitude using the Gratitude Adjective Checklist (GAC)	The GAC is a 3-item self-report measure of state gratitude in which participants select, (1) A little (2) Moderately, Quite a bit (4), and Extremely (5).The total score on GAC ranges from 3 to 15, with higher score indicating greater state gratitude.	Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months
Secondary	Change in depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item (PHQ-9) score	PHQ-9 scores reflect depression severity. Participants will select responses that include 0=not at all, 1=several days, 2=more than half the days, 3=nearly every day. Ranges in scores are from 0-27 (Scores: 0-4 none, 5-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-19 moderately severe, 20-27 severe).	Pre-Treatment (baseline) to 6 months
Secondary	Change in Satisfaction with Life Questionnaire	This is a 5 question questionnaire in which participants select from 7 responses that are given a 1-7 scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree. Scoring ranges from 5-35 where 20 = neutral (the higher the score the more satisfaction).	Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months
Secondary	Change in the Hope Scale	This is a 12 item questionnaire in which participants select from answers that include 1=definitely false 2=mostly false 3=mostly true 4=definitely true.; Scores range from 12-48 with higher scores indicating greater hope.	Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months