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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
46 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2020-10-01
2020-12-31
Brief Summary
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Methods: An initial sample of 48 medical students answered, before, immediately after and 9 months after an intervention, an online questionnaire with 6 scales. The intervention group took a self-knowledge and communication course based on the Enneagram. The control group was recruited by matching the sociodemographic variables with the intervention group. The data obtained was subject to descriptive and inferential statistical analysis and qualitative content analysis.
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Detailed Description
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Selection of participants The process of recruiting participants involved an online dissemination of the study made by students from the Portuguese Faculties of Medicine of the Universities of Coimbra, Minho, Porto and Lisbon. Interested parties signed up on a Google Form, where the conditions of participation were detailed. The only defined inclusion criterion was to be a medical student enrolled in one of the several Portuguese medical schools.
In order to understand the necessary sample size, the significant results obtained on the Burnout scale of a previous pilot study were used as a basis. The average and the standard deviation obtained before the course and the average achieved after the course of the 3 dimensions of the Burnout scale were inserted into a necessary sample calculation formula, for an alpha of 0.05 and power (1-ß) of 80% (Sample Size Calculator: https://clincalc.com/stats/samplesize.aspx.). We therefore set a target of at least 24 participants needed to form the intervention group.
Data collection Data collection was carried out by filling out a questionnaire on Google Forms lasting about 20 minutes. This collection took place in three stages: both intervention and control groups completed the questionnaire for the first time immediately before the beginning of the first session of the course (phase 1), having repeated it after the conclusion of the third module (phase 2) and again 9 months later (phase 3).
The questionnaire was divided into two distinct parts: the first had the coding of each volunteer for later comparison of data, ensuring their confidentiality, which was followed by the collection of sociodemographic variables: gender, age, academic year and educational institution. The second part was intended to collect the variables of the measured dimensions (perceived quality of life, perceived stress, burnout, self-compassion, compassion and self-reflection and insight), through the application of 6 scales:
1. Visual Analogue Scale for Perceived Quality of Life
2. Perceived Stress Scale
3. Maslach Burnout Scale for Portuguese students
4. Self-Compassion Scale
5. Compassion Scale
6. Self-Reflection and Insight Scale- New Adapted and Validated Self-Awareness Measure for Brazilian Adults In the questionnaires of phases 2 and 3, a last open-response question was added so that the intervention group could share the benefits, in personal terms, in the management of stress and in the relationship and communication with others, which they thought they had acquired with the course.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
OTHER
NONE
Study Groups
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Intervention
3-week recruitment period of portuguese medical students wanting to attend the 28-hour online course
Self knowledge course
The online self-knowledge and communication course, created for the purpose of this clinical trial and taught by professionals with certified training in the area by the Shalom Enneagram Institute (https://iesh.pt/), consisted of providing volunteers with mechanisms for self-knowledge using the enneagram. Three modules were carried out between October and December 2020, spaced in time to allow participants to consolidate knowledge: there was 1 month between the first and second module, and between the second and third, 3 weeks.
Control
The control group was recruited in order to match the age, gender, academic year and teaching faculty variables with the intervention group and people with these characteristics were invited to participate.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Self knowledge course
The online self-knowledge and communication course, created for the purpose of this clinical trial and taught by professionals with certified training in the area by the Shalom Enneagram Institute (https://iesh.pt/), consisted of providing volunteers with mechanisms for self-knowledge using the enneagram. Three modules were carried out between October and December 2020, spaced in time to allow participants to consolidate knowledge: there was 1 month between the first and second module, and between the second and third, 3 weeks.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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University of Coimbra
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Ines Rosendo
Clinical professor
Principal Investigators
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Ines Rosendo, MD PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Assistant professor FMUC
Locations
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Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Coimbra
Coimbra, , Portugal
Countries
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Provided Documents
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Document Type: Study Protocol
Document Type: Informed Consent Form
Other Identifiers
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096/2019
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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