Improvement Mental Health Among Physicians by a Mindfulness-training Mobile Application

Stress Clinical Trial

Official title:

Improvement in Mental Health Markers Among Hospital Physicians Through a Mindfulness-training Mobile Application - Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05699382
• Other study ID #: 0150-20-RMB
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 1, 2021
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2022

Study information

• Verified date: January 2023
• Source: Rambam Health Care Campus
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of a short, smartphone-based mindfulness application on stress, wellbeing and burnout among hospital physicians

Description:

Physicians working at a tertiary hospital were recruited and randomly divided into two groups, a study group (SG) in which participants practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks and a control group (CG). Main Measures: All participants filled-out questionnaires assessing stress (Perceived Stress Scale-PSS), mental health (Mental Health Inventory-MHI) and burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory-MBI) at baseline and 7 weeks later

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2022
• Est. primary completion date: January 1, 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physicians Working full-time at the Rambam Healthcare Campus.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Physicians that won't be able to participate in at least 50% of the practicing.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Stress

Intervention

Other:
• practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks
Physicians working at a tertiary hospital were recruited and randomly divided into two groups, a study group (SG) in which participants practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Pediatric rheumatology clinic, Rambam Medical Center	Haifa

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rambam Health Care Campus

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Perceived Stress Scale-PSS	Differences in stress between baseline and 7 weeks later - will be assessed by Perceived Stress Scale-PSS	7 weeks
Secondary	Mental Health Inventory-MHI	Differences in Mental health between baseline and 7 weeks later will be assessed by Mental Health Inventory-MHI	7 weeks
Secondary	Maslach Burnout Inventory - MBI	Differences in Burn out between baseline and 7 weeks later will be assessed by Maslach Burnout Inventory - MBI	7 weeks