Mindfulness Practices for Healthcare Professional Trainees

NCT ID: NCT03403335

Last Updated: 2019-06-04

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

57 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-02-09

Study Completion Date

2019-04-28

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Stress

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Mindfulness Based Practices for Health Care Professionals

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Mindfulness Based Practices for Health Care Professionals in Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eight weekly sessions including didactic lecture, discussion, homework, gentle yoga, and meditation and mindfulness exercises

Control Group

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Mindfulness Based Practices for Health Care Professionals in Training

Eight weekly sessions including didactic lecture, discussion, homework, gentle yoga, and meditation and mindfulness exercises

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Students/faculty from any health care department at VCU

Exclusion Criteria

* Anyone who is not a student/faculty from a health care department at VCU
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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American Psychological Association (APA)

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Virginia Commonwealth University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Bruce Rybarczyk, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Virginia Commonwealth University

Locations

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Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Braun SE, Mladen SN, Luberto CM, Kinser PA. Maintenance of Effects and Correlates of Changes Following Mindfulness for Interdisciplinary Health Care Professional Students. Integr Med Rep. 2022 Sep 1;1(1):177-185. doi: 10.1089/imr.2021.0012. Epub 2022 Sep 7.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36212225 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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HM20012397

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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