Burnout, Professional, Resilience, Psychological, Stress, Psychological
Conditions
Keywords
Registered Dietitian, Mindfulness, Randomised control trial, Resilience, Burnout, Stress, Mindfulness based intervention, Health personnel, Continuing professional development, Occupational health
Brief summary
The goal of this randomised control trial is to find out whether a mindfulness based intervention can improve mental well-being for Registered Dietitians (RD) in the UK. The main question it aims to answer is: Can a mindfulness based intervention improve resilience amongst UK RDs? Can a mindfulness based intervention reduce stress and burnout amongst UK RDs? Researchers will compare participants who attend a structured mindfulness based intervention with a waitlist control group to see if there is a difference in outcome measures between the groups before the intervention, immediately after, 3 months after and 6 months after. Participants in the intervention group will be invited to an online mindfulness course that was written especially for this study. Participants in both groups will be asked to complete surveys before the intervention, immediately after, 3 months after and 6 months after. Participants in the intervention group will also be invited to participate in a one to one interview to discuss their experiences, barriers and facilitators to mindfulness in dietetic practice.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMindfulness based intervention
A mindfulness intervention was designed especially for this study and delivered by a RD also qualified as a mindfulness teacher. The intervention was delivered synchronously online and consisted of 4 x 50 minute sessions delivered across 4 weeks.
Sponsors
University of Nottingham
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* A Registered Dietitian currently practicing in the UK * Willing and able to participate in 4 x 50 minute CPD sessions relating to mindfulness in dietetic practice (one session per week) * Willing and able to complete all of the surveys (pre-intervention, immediately post, 3 months post and 6 months post intervention)
Exclusion criteria
* A diagnosis of a psychotic condition * A diagnosis of epilepsy or asthma that is not well controlled
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Resilience | Baseline, immediately after intervention (at the end of the last session of the 4 week intervention), 3 months post intervention, 6 months post intervention | Measured using validated tool: Brief Resilience Scale. Scores range from 1-5. Higher scores = higher level of resilience. 1.00-2.99= Low resilience; 3.00-4.30 = Normal resilience; 4.31-5.00= High resilience. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Burnout | Baseline, immediately post (this survey is administered at the end of the 4th and final session of the intervention, which was week 4), 3 months post, 6 months post intervention | Measured using validated tool: Maslach Burnout Inventory, which has 3 domains which have the following scoring: Emotional Exhaustion (EE): \</=17 low/more favourable; 18-29 moderate; \>/= 30 high / least favourable Depersonalisation (DP): \</=5 low/ more favourable; 6-11moderate; \>/=12 high / least favourable Personal Accomplishment (PA): \</=33 low / least favourable; 34-39moderate; \</=40 high / most favourable |
| Stress | Baseline, immediately post intervention (this survey was given at the end of the 4th and final session of the intervention), 3 months post intervention, 6 months post intervention | Measured using validated tool: Perceived Stress Scale - scores range from 0-40 with higher scores indicating higher levels of perceived stress. |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed