Brief Mood Enhancement Intervention

NCT ID: NCT02954965

Last Updated: 2018-02-23

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

66 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-11-30

Study Completion Date

2017-12-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the current study is to test the efficacy of two brief, behavioral interventions intended to improve burnout among doctoral-level graduate students (n = 102). Specifically, individuals will be randomly assigned to one of three intervention conditions: 1) Reward: a brief intervention to help participants increase engagement in healthy and rewarding values-driven behaviors, 2) Approach: a brief intervention to help participants identify and decrease emotion-driven avoidance of important goals, or 3) Control: a control condition that involves monitoring only. Multilevel modeling will be used to assess changes in burnout, mood, and stress, following the interventions, controlling for participants' individual baseline levels of these variables.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Stress, Psychological Burnout, Professional

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Reward

A brief, phone-administered intervention designed to help graduate students increase the number of pleasant and rewarding activities in their daily lives.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Reward

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Brief behavioral intervention (administered during a 45-minute phone call) that is designed to improve graduate student burnout by helping participants to identify activities that are rewarding and pleasurable and to integrate these activities into their schedule.

Approach

A brief, phone-administered intervention designed to help graduate students block procrastination and avoidance and to approach important activities they are currently avoiding.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Approach

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Brief behavioral intervention (administered during a 45-minute phone call) that is designed to improve graduate student burnout by helping participants to identify activities that are challenging, but important to their long-term goals and values, and to integrate these activities into their schedule.

Monitoring

Participants will monitor their current behaviors, mood, and burnout with no directed intervention to change behavior

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Reward

Brief behavioral intervention (administered during a 45-minute phone call) that is designed to improve graduate student burnout by helping participants to identify activities that are rewarding and pleasurable and to integrate these activities into their schedule.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Approach

Brief behavioral intervention (administered during a 45-minute phone call) that is designed to improve graduate student burnout by helping participants to identify activities that are challenging, but important to their long-term goals and values, and to integrate these activities into their schedule.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Currently enrolled in any in-person (not online) Ph.D. program in the state of North Carolina
* Demonstrating above average levels of burnout
* Has regular access to the Internet
* Has a Social Security Number
* Is able to read and understand English

Exclusion Criteria

* Current mania or psychosis
* Current suicidal ideation
* Are currently in psychotherapy, have been in psychotherapy in the past 8 weeks, or are planning to start psychotherapy during the course of the 10-day study
* Have had any changes in psychiatric medications in the past 8 weeks, are not taking medications as prescribed or are planning to change medications during the course of the 10-day study
* Are currently taking benzodiazepines Pro Re Nata (PRN)
* Are under 18 years old
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Duke University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Duke University Medical Center

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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PRO00074337

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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