Mental Health
Conditions
Brief summary
This study is a prospective cross-over trial examining the effect of virtual reality assisted meditation on resident reported well-being using validated scoring systems. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality guided meditation as a mechanism to improve plastic surgery resident well-being. The secondary objective is to assess resident likeliness to continue mindful meditation following completion of the study.
Detailed description
All plastic surgery residents participating will spend three months with access to virtual reality assisted meditation and three months without access to this technology. Assessment scores will be taken before and after the first three month period, and then again following the second three month period.
Interventions
OTHERGuided Mediation Virtual Reality App
Guided Meditation Virtual Reality App uses over 40 lush environments with 30 hours of guided meditations on Anxiety, Depression, Maternity, Resilience, Sleep, or Zen and 200 relaxing audio tracks using Virtual reality.
Sponsors
NYU Langone Health
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Current resident of NYU Langone Plastic Surgery (Academic Year 2022-2023) * Consent to participation in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Any plastic surgery resident involved in conducting the study * Any non-plastic surgery resident during the academic year 2022-2023 * Any plastic surgery resident choosing not to participate in the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Emotional Exhaustion as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) | Baseline, 3 month visit, 6 month visit | Emotional exhaustion as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) before and after virtual reality guided meditations. All MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from never to daily. The MBI has three component scales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization (5 items) and personal achievement (8 items). Each scale measures its own unique dimension of burnout. Higher scores in emotional exhaustion contribute to higher levels of burnout. |
| Change in Depersonalization as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) | Baseline, 3 month visit, 6 month visit | Depersonalization as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) before and after virtual reality guided meditations. All MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from never to daily. The MBI has three component scales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization (5 items) and personal achievement (8 items). Each scale measures its own unique dimension of burnout. Higher scores in depersonalization contribute to higher levels of burnout. |
| Change in personal accomplishment as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) | Baseline, 3 month visit, 6 month visit | Personal accomplishment as measured by Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) before and after virtual reality guided meditations. All MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from never to daily. The MBI has three component scales: emotional exhaustion (9 items), depersonalization (5 items) and personal achievement (8 items). Each scale measures its own unique dimension of burnout. Lower scores in personal accomplishment are suggestive of a more severe degree of burnout. |
Outcome results
None listed