Three Good Things (3GT) - Intervention for Transitional Care Patients

Resilience, Psychological Clinical Trial

Official title:

Three Good Things (3GT) - Intervention for Transitional Care Patients at the Mayo Clinic Bloomer Critical Access Hospital

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04970641
• Other study ID #: 21-003878
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 30, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: April 2024
• Source: Mayo Clinic
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Researchers are doing this research study to learn how the Three Good Things (3GT) Positive Psychology journaling activity affects symptoms of stress, depression, resilience, and happiness.

Description:

The purpose of this study is to measure, rank and categorize the subject sample of depression, stress, resilience and happiness scores using quantitative surveys. This research aims to learn how a Three Good Things (3GT) journaling activity affects a subject's symptoms of stress, depression, resilience and happiness. The data will allow the project team to gain an in-depth understanding of the impact of the use of resilience strategies from a hospitalized patient's perspective. The project aims to review if there is a correlation between stress, depression, resiliency, and happiness scores to the use of Positive Psychology.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 25
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Individuals = 18 years of age.
• Current inpatient at the Mayo Clinic Health System Bloomer Hospital, Bloomer, Wisconsin (a Swing Bed Hospital as defined by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)).
• Able to speak English.
• Able to answer questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals < 18 years of age.
• Patient unwilling or unable to provide consent to participate in this research study.
• Patient under guardianship.
• As determined through self-report, patient in active psychosis, active suicidal ideation, active substance abuse meeting criteria for substance use disorders except for nicotine (the exception is patients with a history of substance abuse that have been in remission for at least one full year).
• Patient diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, active panic disorder with agoraphobia or other phobic disorder, active Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or active severe personality disorders.
• Patient with previous participation in this study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Psychology, Positive
• Resilience, Psychological

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Three Good Things (3GT) Positive Psychology journaling activity
Evening journaling activity each day to reflect on three good things that the subject has noticed about their day's events.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Mayo Clinic Health System Bloomer Hospital	Bloomer	Wisconsin

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Mayo Clinic

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Perceived Stress	Change in subject perceived stress measured using the self-reported perceived stress scale (PSS). A 10-item questionnaire assessing individuals' appraisal of stress using a scale of 0=never, 4=very often.	Baseline, 6 weeks
Secondary	Subjective Depression	Change in subject depression measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Revised (CESD-R-10).	Baseline, 6 weeks
Secondary	Subjective Happiness	Change in subject happiness measured using the self-reported subjective happiness scale (SHS). A 4-item scale of global subjective happiness. Two items ask respondents to characterize themselves using both absolute ratings and ratings relative to peers, whereas the other two items offer brief descriptions of happy and unhappy individuals and ask respondents the extent to which each characterization describes them.	Baseline, 6 weeks
Secondary	Subjective Resilience	Change in subject resiliency scores measured by the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC 2)	Baseline, 6 weeks