Corrections Work's Adverse Effects and a Total Worker Health Program to Enhance Well-being

NCT ID: NCT05608889

Last Updated: 2023-02-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-11-09

Study Completion Date

2023-12-31

Brief Summary

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Conduct a quasi-experimental pre-post study of a mindfulness-enhanced, web/app-enabled, scalable Total Worker Health (TWH) program among higher stress Corrections Professionals. The primary outcomes relate to behaviors promoted by the program: being mindful/reduced stress/improved mood; healthier eating; more physical activity; greater restorative sleep; improved work-life balance and greater positive feelings about the organization.

Detailed Description

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This proposed project will assess an innovative, scalable total worker health and wellness intervention among high stress Corrections Professionals. As stated in the proposal request, organizational and interpersonal factors have been associated with significant stress among Corrections Professionals, but there is limited assessment of effective and feasible interventions to mitigate these stress factors. Our current research has established robust constructs for characteristics of the organization and work environment, noting significant relationships with perceived stress. This critical understanding along with corresponding adverse mental and physical effects informs our proposed intervention to reduce potential stressors, enhance wellbeing, improve work performance, and reduce health care costs. This project will include a prospective interrupted time-series effectiveness trial of a mindfulness-enhanced, website/application-based, scalable Total Worker Health (TWH) program among higher risk corrections personnel working in restrictive housing units. Quantitative outcomes will include process measures; validated self-report indices of primary and secondary outcomes, and proximal potentially mediating factors; anthropometrics; laboratory studies of inflammation, vascular reactivity, and cellular aging; measures of job performance and health care costs. Qualitative measures will provide a deeper understanding of the quantitative findings. At program conclusion, there will be a cost effective easy to use work based health and wellness program tailored to corrections departments ready for dissemination. The robust dissemination plan includes coordinating the website and digital materials with the American Correctional Association marketing and media campaign site along with presentations at national corrections conferences making this freely available to all law enforcement and corrections personnel and agencies.

Conditions

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Occupational Stress Health Behavior Safety Issues Mental Health Wellness 1

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

This study will use a quasi-experimental pre-post design to compare values of outcome measures at the three times points: baseline, immediately post-intervention (3 months after baseline), and follow-up (9 months after baseline). Randomization of the intervention is not feasible at the individual level due to contamination effects within a site and no appropriate control condition. Furthermore, as each of the sites is unique, a randomized cluster design would not be able to account for confounders since there are only three sites, each with institutional differences. An advantage of the pre-post design is that each participant will act as their own control, increasing the power of the study.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Mindfulness Enhanced Web App-enabled Total Worker Health Program

The Total Worker Health Mindful Program will include 12, 45-minute sessions completed each week at participant's workplace. Sessions will be guided by written curriculum and focus on healthy eating, exercise, sleep and stress reducing behaviors enhanced by mindfulness activities. Participants will be provided with free enrollment codes to use the Headspace® application (app).

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Total Worker Health Mindfulness Enhanced Program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The intervention will be delivered during 12, 45-minute weekly meetings of Correctional Professionals while on shift. Those sessions will be a combination of a video, mindfulness activity, and a group learning activity. It will conclude with members stating personal goals that will be followed up at the next meeting.

Sessions will be scripted to make them easy to implement with high fidelity, and include tasks, learning activities, and wrap-up with practice instructions for each week. Coworkers will be responsible for running the sessions, which promotes shared norms and social support.

Interventions

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Total Worker Health Mindfulness Enhanced Program

The intervention will be delivered during 12, 45-minute weekly meetings of Correctional Professionals while on shift. Those sessions will be a combination of a video, mindfulness activity, and a group learning activity. It will conclude with members stating personal goals that will be followed up at the next meeting.

Sessions will be scripted to make them easy to implement with high fidelity, and include tasks, learning activities, and wrap-up with practice instructions for each week. Coworkers will be responsible for running the sessions, which promotes shared norms and social support.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- Currently employed as a corrections professional at participating Oregon Department of Corrections facilities (Coffee Creek Correctional Facility and Oregon State Correctional Institution) for at least one month

Exclusion Criteria

\- Those who are not employed with participating Oregon Department of Corrections facilities listed above.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Kerry Kuehl

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Kerry Kuehl

Professor of Medicine, Section Chief, and Director of Human Performance Laboratory

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Kerry S. Kuehl, MD, DrPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Oregon Health and Science University

Locations

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Oregon State Correctional Institute

Salem, Oregon, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Coffee Creek Correctional Facility

Wilsonville, Oregon, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Kerry S. Kuehl, MD, Dr.PH

Role: CONTACT

503-494-5991

Carol Defrancesco, MALS, RDN, LD

Role: CONTACT

503-310-5036

Facility Contacts

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Kerry Kuehl

Role: primary

503-494-5991

Kerry Kuehl

Role: primary

503-494-5991

References

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Related Links

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https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=109823

Ballin, J. , Niederhausen, M. , Kuehl, K. , Elliot, D. , McGinnis, W. and DeFrancesco, C. (2021) Defining Stress among Corrections Professionals. Open Journal of Preventive Medicine, 11, 237-250. doi: 10.4236/ojpm.2021.116019.

Other Identifiers

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2020-R2-CX-0006

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

2020-R2-CX-0006

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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