Interns InSight Study: The effect of mindfulnesstraining on the wellbeing and functioning of medical interns.

Psychopathology, mental health and professionalism in medical interns during their internships and the effect of a mindfulness based stress reduction training hereon.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON20142

Enrollment

150

Registered

2011-02-09

Start date

2011-02-22

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

psychological distress positive mental health medical students medical interns

Interventions

Intervention: Mindfulness training (mindfulness based stress reduction), consists of 8 weekly sessions of 2,5 hours in which students take part in meditation, yoga and cognitive therapy exercises. Ho

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Medical interns (male and female) of 18 years and older starting their clinical practice in the Radboud University Nijmegen.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Students younger than 18 years old; 2. Students with insufficient understanding of the Dutch language; 3. Students who have prior experience with a mindfulness based stress reduction training; 4. Students who do not agree in being contacted by the coordinating researcher if there is concern about the amount of psychological distress of the student.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
The primary outcome measure is the score of the interns on the Brief Symptom Inventory which measures the amount of psychological distress experienced by the students. This validated questionnaire is a shortened version of the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90). It exists of 53 items divided over 9 symptom dimensions like depression, anxiety and somatization. From the total score a General Severity Index is calculated, which is a commonly used and validated outcome measure in studies.	—

Measure

Time frame

The primary outcome measure is the score of the interns on the Brief Symptom Inventory which measures the amount of psychological distress experienced by the students. This validated questionnaire is a shortened version of the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90). It exists of 53 items divided over 9 symptom dimensions like depression, anxiety and somatization. From the total score a General Severity Index is calculated, which is a commonly used and validated outcome measure in studies.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Burnout, measured by the Utrechtse Burnout Schaal (UBOS-C), the Dutch translation of the widely used Maslach Burnout Inventory; 2. Suicidality measured by the questions of the suicidality dimension of the MINI; 3. Irrational beliefs measured by the Irrational Beliefs Inventory; 4. Mindfulness measured by the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ); 5. Mental health measured by the Positive mental health continuum - short form; 6. Life satisfaction measured by the life satisfaction questionnaire; 7. Empathy measured by the Jefferson Scale of physician empathy; 8. Professionalism will also be assessed by examining study results and outcome of clinical performance in simulation patients during the central clinical education.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Burnout, measured by the Utrechtse Burnout Schaal (UBOS-C), the Dutch translation of the widely used Maslach Burnout Inventory; 2. Suicidality measured by the questions of the suicidality dimension of the MINI; 3. Irrational beliefs measured by the Irrational Beliefs Inventory; 4. Mindfulness measured by the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ); 5. Mental health measured by the Positive mental health continuum - short form; 6. Life satisfaction measured by the life satisfaction questionnaire; 7. Empathy measured by the Jefferson Scale of physician empathy; 8. Professionalism will also be assessed by examining study results and outcome of clinical performance in simulation patients during the central clinical education.

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Contacts

Public ContactInge Dijk, van

Postbus 9101

i.vandijk@psy.umcn.nl+31 (0)24 3615313

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)