Coherence Sense, Stress
Conditions
Brief summary
This study aims to investigate the effect of Heart math intervention program on stress, emotional vitality and sense of coherence among intensive care units Nurses
Detailed description
This study aims to investigate the effect of Heart math intervention program on stress, emotional vitality and sense of coherence among intensive care units Nurses. The intervention was implemented in form of 2 sessions per week according to the following 7 sessions, each session about 45- 60 minutes. Session (1) Aims: Introduce Heart Math definition of stress. Assess client's current stress level. Handouts for patients: Handout 1 : Stress What is stress? How stress affect health? How stressed are you? What can I do about it? Session (2) Aim: Introduce concept of heart coherence Handouts for patients: Handout 1: Heart Coherence How dose Heart Math work? How can I create and practice physiological coherence? The Quick Coherence Technique. Handout 2: Depletion to renewal plan. Session (3) Aims: Teach Heart-Focused Breathing and Quick Coherence Introduce personal practice plan to use for Handouts for patients: Handout 1: Heart-focused breathing. Handout 2: Quick coherence technique. Handout 3: Personal practice log. Session (4) Aims: Assess client's current anxiety level. Review this week's homework on Personal Practice Log. Review and practice Quick Coherence Technique. Teach Heart Lock-In Technique. Handouts for patients: Handout 1: Anxiety Checklist. Handout 2: Quick Coherence Technique. Handout 3: Heart Lock-In Technique. Handout 3: Personal Practice Log. Session (5) Aims: Review this week's homework on Personal Practice Log. Review Heart-Focused Breathing and Quick Coherence Techniques. Review and practice. Heart Lock-In Technique. Teach Freeze Frame Technique. Handouts for patients: Handout 1: Heart Lock-In Technique. Handout 2: Freeze Frame Technique. Session (6) Aims: Review this week's homework on Personal Practice Log. Review Heart Lock-In and Freeze Frame Techniques. Teach Attitude Breathing Technique. Handouts for patients: Handout 1: Personal Practice Log. Handout 2: Freeze Frame Technique. Handout 3: Attitude Breathing Technique. Session (7) Aims: Review this week's homework on Attitude Breathing Technique. Teach Coherence Communication Technique. Handouts for patients: Handout 1: Attitude Breathing Technique. Handout 2: Coherent Communication Technique.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALHeart Math program
Heart Math program is behavior intervention through several sessions
Sponsors
Damanhour University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Masking description
the participant will be masked for the intervention
Intervention model description
intervention group will used heart math intervention control group have no intervention
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 60 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Nurses who work in selected intensive care units and agree to participate
Exclusion criteria
* Nurses who refuse to participate in this study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Resilience Scale | over two months | The Resilience Scale consisted of 25 items and a short version contained 14 items. The scale is a 7-point Likert type scale from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 7 (Strongly agree) for each item. Scores on the scale range from 14 to 98. The higher score indicates the ability to respond with resilience and lower score indicates lower resilience. |
| Personal and Organizational Quality Assessment | over two months | It is a valid and reliable 52-item survey tool developed by the Heart Math Institute that assesses personal health, resiliency, and workplace factors impacting an organization's quality and effectiveness. It is composed of 4 primary scales (emotional vitality, organizational stress, emotional stress, and physical stress), which are further divided into 9 subscales. These scales assess elements that either enhance or impair work performance, health, well-being, and job satisfaction. |
| Sense of Coherence | over two months | The Sense of Coherence scale measure the concept of sense of coherence. The short form of the Sense of Coherence scale consists of 13 items that comprise three components: comprehensibility (to which 5 items contribute), manageability (4 items), and meaningfulness (4 items). The respondents indicate agreement or disagreement on a 7-category semantic differential scale with two anchoring responses tailored to the content of each item. Five items (1, 2, 3, 5, and 7) are reversed before summing the total score. The total score can range from 13 to 91, and a higher score indicates higher coherence . |
Countries
Egypt
Outcome results
None listed