Mindfulness to the Clinical Setting: The Mind Hand Connection Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03165799

Acronym

MHC

Enrollment

Registered

2017-05-24

Start date

2017-01-31

Completion date

2017-04-01

Last updated

2019-09-19

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Conditions

Education, Medical, Hand Hygiene, Mindfulness, Patient Safety

Brief summary

This is a single center, randomized study that assessed the effects of mindfulness training on physician teaching teams at a VA hospital.

Detailed description

The primary objective of this study was to evaluate changes in hand hygiene compliance pre- and post- intervention in Internal Medicine physician and medical student inpatient teaching teams. Half of the teaching teams received the intervention of mindfulness education. Blinded observers collected data on hand hygiene compliance and mindfulness behaviors for both teams during patient care rounds for 1-week pre and post intervention. Additionally, the intervention group participated in focus group/interview discussions.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALMindfulness Education

Mindfulness Education

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Masking description

Observers collecting data were blinded to participant treatment/control randomization allocation.

Intervention model description

Participating teams were randomized with a 1:1 ratio to receive the intervention.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Internal Medicine attendings, residents, interns and medical students on inpatient patient care teams, able to provide consent

Exclusion criteria

Surgical attendings, residents, interns or subspeciality teams, Internal medicine attendings rotating on non-resident teams

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Hand Hygiene Compliance	Baseline and study completion at 2 weeks	Change in hand hygiene compliance observed during patient care rounds

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Mindful Attention Awareness Scale	Baseline and study completion at 2 weeks	Measures core characteristics of mindfulness

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026