Creative Arts Program to Reduce Burnout in Healthcare Professionals

NCT ID: NCT04276922

Last Updated: 2024-12-16

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

195 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-03-01

Study Completion Date

2025-04-30

Brief Summary

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This study plans to learn if creative arts programs that include visual, musical, written, or physical expression can reduce symptoms of burnout syndrome, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety in critical care healthcare professionals. This study also explores if creative arts can enhance the connection to the purpose of work, the development of adequate coping skills, while providing time to connect with peers.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Burn-Out Syndrome Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Depression, Anxiety

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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Visual Arts Group

Visual Arts group - sketch journals

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Visual Arts

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects meet for 90 minutes, once weekly, over 12 weeks for guided drawing/sketching sessions. The 12 sessions will follow a standard sequence that addresses three primary themes: creating safety, inviting vulnerability, and integrating into a transformative community.

Surveys, activity diary cards will be completed at baseline, weekly and at intervention completion to assess satisfaction, stress, and well-being. Qualitative focus groups will occur after the intervention to assess acceptability of intervention, outcomes assessments, program development and implementation.

Music Group

Music group involves music-listening exercises (such as lyric analysis, patient-chosen, music for relaxation and/or visualization) and active music making.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Music

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects meet for 90 minutes, once weekly, over 12 weeks, for guided music-listening exercises (such as lyric analysis, patient-chosen, music for relaxation and/or visualization) and active music making. The 12 sessions follow a standard sequence, addressing three primary themes: creating safety, inviting vulnerability, and integrating into a transformative community.

Surveys, activity diary cards are completed at baseline, weekly and at completion to assess satisfaction, stress, and well-being. Qualitative focus groups, after the intervention, assess acceptability of intervention, outcomes, program development and implementation.

Dance/Movement Group

Dance/Movement group - movement check-in, gentle physical warm-up, and then either a structured or improvisational movement process.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dance/Movement

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects will meet once weekly, and begin with a movement check-in, a gentle physical warm-up, and then either a structured or improvisational movement process. for a total of 12 weeks. Each session will last 90 minutes. The 12 sessions will follow a standard sequence that addresses three primary themes: creating safety, inviting vulnerability, and integrating into a transformative community.

Surveys, activity diary cards will be completed at baseline, weekly and at intervention completion to assess satisfaction, stress, and well-being. Qualitative focus groups will occur after the intervention to assess acceptability of intervention, outcomes assessments, program development and implementation.

Writing/Poetry Group

Writing/Poetry group uses writing workshops using integral elements of good writing.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Writing/Poetry

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Subjects will meet once weekly, for writing workshops to encourage participants to tell the stories they need to tell, using integral elements of good writing, for a total of 12 weeks. Each session will last 90 minutes. The 12 sessions will follow a standard sequence that addresses three primary themes: creating safety, inviting vulnerability, and integrating into a transformative community.

Surveys, activity diary cards will be completed at baseline, weekly and at intervention completion to assess satisfaction, stress, and well-being. Qualitative focus groups will occur after the intervention to assess acceptability of intervention, outcomes assessments, program development and implementation.

Control Group

Surveys at baseline and 12 weeks later.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Control

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control Group will only complete surveys at baseline and 12 weeks later.

Interventions

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Visual Arts

Subjects meet for 90 minutes, once weekly, over 12 weeks for guided drawing/sketching sessions. The 12 sessions will follow a standard sequence that addresses three primary themes: creating safety, inviting vulnerability, and integrating into a transformative community.

Surveys, activity diary cards will be completed at baseline, weekly and at intervention completion to assess satisfaction, stress, and well-being. Qualitative focus groups will occur after the intervention to assess acceptability of intervention, outcomes assessments, program development and implementation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Music

Subjects meet for 90 minutes, once weekly, over 12 weeks, for guided music-listening exercises (such as lyric analysis, patient-chosen, music for relaxation and/or visualization) and active music making. The 12 sessions follow a standard sequence, addressing three primary themes: creating safety, inviting vulnerability, and integrating into a transformative community.

Surveys, activity diary cards are completed at baseline, weekly and at completion to assess satisfaction, stress, and well-being. Qualitative focus groups, after the intervention, assess acceptability of intervention, outcomes, program development and implementation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Dance/Movement

Subjects will meet once weekly, and begin with a movement check-in, a gentle physical warm-up, and then either a structured or improvisational movement process. for a total of 12 weeks. Each session will last 90 minutes. The 12 sessions will follow a standard sequence that addresses three primary themes: creating safety, inviting vulnerability, and integrating into a transformative community.

Surveys, activity diary cards will be completed at baseline, weekly and at intervention completion to assess satisfaction, stress, and well-being. Qualitative focus groups will occur after the intervention to assess acceptability of intervention, outcomes assessments, program development and implementation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Writing/Poetry

Subjects will meet once weekly, for writing workshops to encourage participants to tell the stories they need to tell, using integral elements of good writing, for a total of 12 weeks. Each session will last 90 minutes. The 12 sessions will follow a standard sequence that addresses three primary themes: creating safety, inviting vulnerability, and integrating into a transformative community.

Surveys, activity diary cards will be completed at baseline, weekly and at intervention completion to assess satisfaction, stress, and well-being. Qualitative focus groups will occur after the intervention to assess acceptability of intervention, outcomes assessments, program development and implementation.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control

Control Group will only complete surveys at baseline and 12 weeks later.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Employed as a healthcare provider, practicing primarily in a hospital setting for at least 20 hours per week.
* Positive symptoms of burnout measured via the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI):

* emotional exhaustion score of \>17, or
* depersonalization score of \>7, or
* personal accomplishment score of \< 31.

Exclusion Criteria

• Unwillingness to participate in any of the four creative arts interventions.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Endowment for the Arts, United States

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Colorado, Denver

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Marc Moss, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Colorado, Denver

Locations

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University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Rafaela Mantelli, BS

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 303-724-6377

Email: [email protected]

Jeffrey McKeehan, MSN

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 303-724-6080

Email: [email protected]

Facility Contacts

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Jeffrey McKeehan, MSN

Role: primary

References

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Moss M, Edelblute A, Sinn H, Torres K, Forster J, Adams T, Morgan C, Henry M, Reed K. The Effect of Creative Arts Therapy on Psychological Distress in Health Care Professionals. Am J Med. 2022 Oct;135(10):1255-1262.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2022.04.016. Epub 2022 May 14.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 35576997 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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NEAPS1801

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

18-2759

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id