Virtual Mindfulness Rounds in the Time of COVID-19 Pandemic

NCT ID: NCT04431297

Last Updated: 2021-08-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 15 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2021-03-22
• Study Completion Date: 2021-05-14

Brief Summary

Mindfulness education will be provided via a virtual platform to see if staff stress can be decreased during this time of pandemic.

Detailed Description

Healthcare workers have been front and center in battling the COVID crisis. This is a situation the researchers could never have envisioned before it happened. Of course, this has triggered an inordinate amount of stress. Research shows that chronic stress leaves one imbalanced and one's health and happiness to suffer. Research has also demonstrated that how one thinks about stress determines how the body responds to it. Simple mindfulness practices provide healthier ways to deal with stress. In this study, the researchers will introduce modified mindfulness practices that can be practiced in the healthcare setting or at home. All of the practices are based on mindfulness principles. Mindfulness refers to a state of being present in the moment, on purpose, and without judgment. "Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction" is an 8 week, 2 hours/week curriculum that has shown results for over 40 years. All the practices in this study are adapted from that protocol.

The intervention includes several mindfulness practices including an awareness of breath focus instruction, breath-and-body coordination and awareness instruction, and instruction in identifying times to practice these exercises. The intervention will be delivered virtually 2-day/week, twice/day, for four weeks.

Effectiveness will be measured by the voluntary, anonymous submission of a Perceived Stress Scale, a validated survey tool to determine an individual's perceived stress level.

Participants will be healthcare workers and hospital staff in the Mount Sinai Hospital system.

Conditions

Chronic Stress

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Health Care Workers

Voluntary participation in the virtual presentations

Group Type: OTHER

Mindfulness Rounds

Intervention Type: OTHER

Virtually delivered mindfulness education sessions of 15-30 minutes, two times/week, for four weeks

Interventions

Mindfulness Rounds

Virtually delivered mindfulness education sessions of 15-30 minutes, two times/week, for four weeks

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Mount Sinai Hospital employee

Exclusion Criteria

• None

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Jeffrey Zahn

Assistant Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Jeffrey Zahn, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Locations

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

New York, New York, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

GCO 20-1022

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id