Brief Mindfulness Based Intervention to Improve Psychological Wellbeing

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University146 enrolled

Overview

our aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual brief mindfulness based interventions on psychological wellbeing, resiliency, and anxiety of frontline HCP to cope for (COVID19) stressors

Our specific objectives are: To measure frontline HCP's level of anxiety, resilience, and how mindfulness based interventions affect anxiety and psychological resilience of HCP.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

OTHER

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

146

Conditions

Stress, Psychological

Interventions

brief mindfulness based interventionBEHAVIORAL

The 20 minute daily mindfulness sessions for 2 weeks consist of the following guided meditation practices: 1. Bring your attention to a primary object of focus 2. Maintain a moment-moment awareness 3. When your mind naturally drifts into thinking (mind wandering); just notice you are thinking, and then bring your attention back to your object of focus 4. When a strong sensation arises, again, notice the sensation or emotion and return to your breath. 5. As you gain confidence, you may practice maintaining this focus while observing thoughts flowing through your mind or sensations in your body while showing no concern for the content 6. You may even label your thoughts 7. Thank yourself for your efforts and for taking this time.

Progressive muscle relaxationBEHAVIORAL

Control group: Control group will be given an mp3 audio recording of a 20-minutes of progressive muscle relaxation will be sent directly as SMS messages and emails to be heard by the participants through their personal device of their choice, such as a smart phone.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 22 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * COVID19 frontline health care providers namely, physicians, nurses and respiratory therapist at 2 main hospitals in the eastern province of KSA Exclusion Criteria: 1. History of psychotic disorder, 2. Substance abuse or dependence within the last 6 months 3. Current severe neurotic disorder, severe depression or severe anxiety. 4. Concurrent psychotherapy. 5. Significant personality disorder

Locations (1)

Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

reduction of anxiety symptom severity

assessed using the (state trait anxiety-7 Item Scale); ranged from 10-40, higher score indicate more anxiety

Time frame: 14 days

change in the level of psychological resilience

assessed using the (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)); score from 0-40, higher scores indicate more resilience

Time frame: 14 days

Secondary Outcomes

mental wellbeing

assessed by World Health Organization wellbeing scale; changed to percent score, the higher the better.

Time frame: 14days

and functional status

12-Item Short Form survey

Time frame: 14 days

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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