Stress
Conditions
Brief summary
A newly developed intervention, Mindfulness Based Practices for Health Care Professionals in Training: Clinical Applications, will be piloted to determine the feasibility and accessibility within this population. The purpose of the proposed study is to assess the change in perceived stress at work/school and psychological symptomology; i.e., depression, stress, emotion regulation, and dispositional mindfulness, from pre to post intervention in health care professional students and when compared to a matched control group.
Detailed description
The proposed study aims to investigate an 8-week intervention: Mindfulness Based Practices for Health Care Professionals in Training: Clinical Applications. During the intervention, participants will engage in didactic education, experiential mindfulness practices, including gentle yoga, and group dialogue. The aim of the study is to investigate the feasibility of this intervention in producing measurable differences between the participants and matched controls on their perception of their well-being and clinical work.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMindfulness Based Practices for Health Care Professionals in Training
Eight weekly sessions including didactic lecture, discussion, homework, gentle yoga, and meditation and mindfulness exercises
Sponsors
American Psychological Association (APA)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Students/faculty from any health care department at VCU
Exclusion criteria
* Anyone who is not a student/faculty from a health care department at VCU
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in cognitive functioning | administered at baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks) | Assessed using Trail Making Test A & B -- a brief task requiring respondents to connect numbered dots and then switch between number and letters, speed and accuracy are both recorded |
| Change in stress | administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up | Assessed using Perceived Stress Scale -- a 14-item scale with higher scores indicating higher levels of stress |
| Change in dispositional mindfulness | administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up | Assessed using Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire -- a 39-item measure of 5 domains of mindfulness in daily life, with higher scores indicating higher levels of mindfulness |
| Change in burnout | administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up | Assessed using Maslach Burnout Inventory a 22 item screening tool with higher values indicating more burnout |
| Change in depressive symptoms | administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up | Assessed using Patient Health Questionnaire 9. 9-items with lower values indicating less depression |
| Change in state anxiety | administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up | Assessed using State Trait Anxiety Inventory -- a 20 item measure with some items reverse scored and higher scored indicating higher state anxiety |
| Change in ruminative thinking | administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up | Assessed using Rumination Response Scale -- a 10 item measure with higher scores indicating higher rumination |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Follow-up Interview of Perceptions of Mindfulness and Interprofessional Education | assessed at 3-month post-intervention follow-up | qualitative interview and exploration -- participants will spend approximately 30 minute by phone being interviewed on their experiences with the intervention especially in the context of healthcare and interprofessional education |
| Change in interprofessional attitudes measure | administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up | Assessed using Interprofessional Team Training Assessment -- a 22-item measure and Student Perceptions of Physician-Pharmacist Interprofessional Clinical Education -- a 10-item measure; both with higher scores indicating more positive attitudes toward interprofessional training |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed