This trial will be open to all Michigan Medicine Department of Family Medicine faculty, resident, or staff. The intervention will consist of asking participants the "3 Good Things" based on positive psychology theory. Participants will be asked to list three things that went well that day and to consider their role in these outcomes. Pre and post surveys will be completed to evaluate this intervention. At the end of the trial the study team will also select a limited number of entries from participants to share some of the "good things" which people listed. These will be edited to ensure writer anonymity and participants will be informed of this plan in the study introduction.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
223
The treatment phase will last 3 weeks. However, participants will complete surveys at baseline and up to 6 months. At the end of the trial the study team will also select a limited number of entries from participants to share some of the "good things" which people listed. These will be edited to ensure writer anonymity and participants will be informed of this plan in the study introduction.
Surveys will be completed for 3 months prior to treatment and then after treatment.
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Change in the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS-SF) between the intervention and control group
This is a 10 item survey to measure positive and negative affect. Responses include; very slightly or not at all, a little, quite a bit, and extremely. Higher scores of Positive Affect (PA) subscale represent higher positive affect higher scores of Negative affect (NA) subscale represent higher negative affect.
Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months
Change in self-reported physical health
This is a 1 question item to assess participants physical health ( 1=Excellent 2=good 3=fair 4=poor).
Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months
Change in self-reported mental health
This is a 1 question item to assess participants mental health ( 1=Excellent 2=good 3=fair 4=poor).
Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months
Change in Gratitude using the Gratitude Adjective Checklist (GAC)
The GAC is a 3-item self-report measure of state gratitude in which participants select, (1) A little (2) Moderately, Quite a bit (4), and Extremely (5).The total score on GAC ranges from 3 to 15, with higher score indicating greater state gratitude.
Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months
Change in depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item (PHQ-9) score
PHQ-9 scores reflect depression severity. Participants will select responses that include 0=not at all, 1=several days, 2=more than half the days, 3=nearly every day. Ranges in scores are from 0-27 (Scores: 0-4 none, 5-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-19 moderately severe, 20-27 severe).
Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline) to 6 months
Change in Satisfaction with Life Questionnaire
This is a 5 question questionnaire in which participants select from 7 responses that are given a 1-7 scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree. Scoring ranges from 5-35 where 20 = neutral (the higher the score the more satisfaction).
Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months
Change in the Hope Scale
This is a 12 item questionnaire in which participants select from answers that include 1=definitely false 2=mostly false 3=mostly true 4=definitely true. Scores range from 12-48 with higher scores indicating greater hope.
Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months
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