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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
57
Eight weekly sessions including didactic lecture, discussion, homework, gentle yoga, and meditation and mindfulness exercises
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Change in burnout
Assessed using Maslach Burnout Inventory a 22 item screening tool with higher values indicating more burnout
Time frame: administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Change in depressive symptoms
Assessed using Patient Health Questionnaire 9. 9-items with lower values indicating less depression
Time frame: administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Change in state anxiety
Assessed using State Trait Anxiety Inventory -- a 20 item measure with some items reverse scored and higher scored indicating higher state anxiety
Time frame: administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Change in ruminative thinking
Assessed using Rumination Response Scale -- a 10 item measure with higher scores indicating higher rumination
Time frame: administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Change in stress
Assessed using Perceived Stress Scale -- a 14-item scale with higher scores indicating higher levels of stress
Time frame: administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Change in dispositional mindfulness
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
Time frame: administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Change in cognitive functioning
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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
Time frame: administered at baseline and post-intervention (8 weeks)
Change in interprofessional attitudes measure
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
Time frame: administered at baseline, post-intervention (8 weeks), and 3 month post-intervention follow-up
Follow-up Interview of Perceptions of Mindfulness and Interprofessional Education
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
Time frame: assessed at 3-month post-intervention follow-up