Stress Management and Resiliency Training for Physicians

NCT ID: NCT03570853

Last Updated: 2021-02-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 160 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2018-07-09
• Study Completion Date: 2021-06-30

Brief Summary

This study is to evaluate the effects of the SMART-3RP (Stress Management and Resiliency Training Relaxation Response Resiliency Program) on physician and academic faculty well-being, perceived stress, burnout, compassion, and job satisfaction.

Detailed Description

Burnout is a serious problem in healthcare, resulting in absenteeism, decreased job satisfaction, decreased empathy, anxiety, depression, increased medical errors and decreased patient satisfaction. A growing number of studies have demonstrated that programs incorporating mind-body practices increase resilience in healthcare providers and can reduce burnout and perceived stress while increasing empathy. The Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine (BHI) has developed a clinical program for patients known as the Stress Management and Resiliency Training Relaxation Response Resiliency Program (SMART-3RP or SMART Program for short). This study is to evaluate the effect of the SMART-3RP on physician and academic faculty well-being, perceived stress, burnout, compassion, and job satisfaction.

Conditions

Burnout, Professional; Stress

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Intervention

Participants will receive the 8-week SMART-3RP intervention within a few weeks of enrolling in the study.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

SMART-3RP

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

This is an 8-week, multimodal resiliency program that targets stress with 4 main components: mind-body skills (participants learn a variety of meditation techniques, mini relaxations, walking meditation, and yoga), traditional stress management techniques, healthy lifestyle behaviors (sleep, exercise, nutrition, and social support), and cognitive reappraisal and adaptive coping skills (borrowed from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and positive psychology). The program consists of 8, 1.5 hour sessions.

No Intervention

Participants will not receive the SMART-3RP program and will only complete study questionnaires..

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

SMART-3RP

This is an 8-week, multimodal resiliency program that targets stress with 4 main components: mind-body skills (participants learn a variety of meditation techniques, mini relaxations, walking meditation, and yoga), traditional stress management techniques, healthy lifestyle behaviors (sleep, exercise, nutrition, and social support), and cognitive reappraisal and adaptive coping skills (borrowed from cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and positive psychology). The program consists of 8, 1.5 hour sessions.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

Stress Management and Resiliency Training Relaxation Response Resiliency Program; Stress Management and Resiliency Training Program (SMART Program)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Physicians and academic faculty of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Newton-Wellesley Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• None

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Massachusetts General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

John W. Denninger, MD, PhD

Director of Research

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

John Denninger, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine

Locations

Brigham and Women's Hospital

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Newton Wellesley Hospital

Newton, Massachusetts, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

2018P000836

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id