Online Mindfulness Therapy for Pandemic Fatigue and Resilience in COVID-19 Nurses

Mindfulness Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluating the Effects of Online Mindfulness Therapy on Pandemic Fatigue and Resilience Among Nurses in COVID-19 Quarantine Wards

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06433544
• Other study ID #: 11112-001
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2022
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: May 2024
• Source: Chimei Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study evaluates online mindfulness therapy's impact on pandemic fatigue and resilience in COVID-19 quarantine ward nurses. Sixty nurses were divided into experimental and control groups, with the experimental group receiving a 6-week online mindfulness course.

Description:

This study evaluates the effectiveness of online mindfulness therapy on reducing pandemic fatigue and enhancing resilience among nurses in COVID-19 quarantine wards. Using a repeated-measures quasi-experimental design, 60 nurses were divided into experimental and control groups. The experimental group participated in a 6-week online mindfulness course. Outcomes were measured using pandemic fatigue and resilience questionnaires at the pre-test , three weeks and after six weeks.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: May 31, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Over 20 years old.
• Nurses of COVID-19 dedicated wards and dedicated intensive care units.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Difficulty in attending
• less than 80% of the total number of online mindfulness therapy sessions

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• COVID-19
• Fatigue
• Mindfulness
• Resilience

Intervention

Other:
• 6-week online mindfulness course
The experimental group received a 6-week online mindfulness course, once a week for 90 minutes each session.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Chi Mei Medical Center	Tainan City	??(???)

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Chimei Medical Center

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pandemic Fatigue	Use Lockdown/Pandemic Fatigue Scale (LFS) measure pandemic fatigue. The scale with a total of 10 items measures pandemic fatigue. The range of total scores of the scale is 10-50. It shows that pandemic fatigue increases as total points of the scale increase.	6 weeks
Secondary	Resilience	Use Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) measure individual resilience. The scale with a total of 25 items measures resilience. The range of total scores of the scale is 0-100. It shows that resilience increases as total points of the scale increase.	6 weeks