Stress, Psychological
Conditions
Keywords
well-being, stress, resilience, self-compassion
Brief summary
The investigators aim to evaluate the Mindfulness Based Resilience Training (MBRT) intervention for Mayo Clinic employees in order to provide evidence for improved ability to cope with stress and decreased work-related burnout and stress-related symptoms as a result of MBRT training. In addition, the investigators aim to compare the effects of MBRT + smartphone sleep feedback, a smartphone resilience intervention + smartphone sleep feedback, or waitlist control +smartphone sleep feedback in a randomized clinical trial in a sample of 75 Mayo Clinic employees.
Detailed description
The investigators aim to compare the effects of MBRT + smartphone sleep feedback, a smartphone resilience intervention + smartphone sleep feedback, or waitlist control +smartphone sleep feedback in a randomized clinical trial in a sample of 75 Mayo Clinic employees. Specific self-report outcomes include: well-being, stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue, resilience, self-compassion, and burn-out, assessed at pre-, post- and 3-month followup. Objective outcomes, derived from smartphone-driven self-monitoring, include sleep quality and emotional experiencing, assessed throughout the six-week intervention period. The investigators will explore whether changes in objectively measured sleep quality and emotional experiencing will mediate treatment effects on self-report outcomes. The investigators will also explore whether treatment effects are more robust in self-selected versus randomized groups by drawing on the investigators' existing data.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMBRT ClassRoom and Phone Application
2 hours/week for 6 week, in classroom intervention involving mindfulness based resilience training.focused on mindfulness and self-compassion training, including body awareness, breath awareness, mindful movement, awareness of thoughts, and awareness of emotion. Core concepts included: normalizing experience of stress and changing one's relationship with an experience; learning to be a compassionate observer of self in order to appreciate the moment; recognizing undue efforts to control something that has already happened; shifting attention to felt body sense and away from the narrative; and redirecting attention to a value as a way of evoking positive states that enhance the present moment experience. Participants also use the smartphone to track their sleep and subjective well-being.
BEHAVIORALPhone application only
Participants will track their sleep and subjective well-being and also choose one of the following weekly challenges, which is completed via smartphone interactions: * Joys of Life * Count your blessings * Think differenc, feel better * Exercising --\> Happier \+ Exercising --\> Sleep * Pre-Sleep routine * Eat that frog * Mindful Meditation
BEHAVIORALQuestionnaires
At baseline, immediately after the last MBRT session (6 weeks) and again at 3 and 6 months, all participants will complete questionnaires, including: 1) WHO-5 Well-Being Index; 2) DASS-21; 3) VAS-Fatigue; 4) MBI-Human Services version; 5) Self-Compassion Scale; 6) Connor-Davidson 2-item resilience scale; 7) Compassion to others scale.
Sponsors
Arizona State University
Mayo Clinic
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion: 1. Stress subscale of the DASS-21 needs to be a score 5 or greater and 2. Must have a smart Phone, and 3. Ability to attend at least 5 complete sessions. Exclusion : 1. Stress subscale of the DASS-21 less than 5. 2. Must have a smart Phone.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Changes in scores using the DASS-21(Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales) questionnaire | Baseline to 6 months |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed