H-Senses Project - Self Care Mediated by the Senses

H-SENSES PROJECT Self Care Mediated by the Senses: Assessing the Impact on Self-esteem, Stress and Well-being of Female Health Professionals

Randomized clinical trial about self-care mediated by the senses in female health professionals and their influence on stress, self-esteem, mood states, life satisfaction and levels of salivary cortisol.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Stress
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: one-sensory self care (Todo Dia®); Other: bi-sensory self care (Todo Dia®); Other: multisensory self care (Todo Dia®)

Detailed Description

The work environment of health professionals is commonly considered stressful, given that they need to deal with difficult situations that include pain, risk of death, the decisions that need to be fast and accurate, and conflicts generated in interpersonal relationships. There is an ongoing discussion that the investigators need to care for those who care, however, there are few interventions studied and validated to effectively reduce the stress of these professionals that resonate in states of well-being. There is little room for discussion of this topic during the workday, as well as to learn techniques and measures for effective stress management. This study aims to explore the relationship between well-being, self-esteem and stress of women health professionals, and compare three self-care interventions mediated by the senses.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 123
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • São Paulo, Brazil, 05652000
    • Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Professional healthcare;
• working in healthcare or administrative area in hospital
• Voluntary participation;
• Signed in term of free and informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Evaluation with relevant dermatological findings diagnosed by a dermatologist;
• Work at nighttime or in alternate periods (because of known chronobiological changes that would affect the study of cortisol, one of the outcomes considered in the study);
• who are breastfeeding;
• Be pregnant

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control; This control group will not receive an intervention.
Active Comparator: one-sensory self care; Daily moisturizing body care with an odorless moisturizer (Todo Dia® - Natura) for 30 days.	Other: one-sensory self care (Todo Dia®); daily use of odorless body moisturizer (Todo Dia® - Natura)
Active Comparator: bi-sensory self care; Daily moisturizing body care with a moisturizer with cotton fragance (Todo Dia® - Natura) for 30 days.	Other: bi-sensory self care (Todo Dia®); daily use of moisturizing body with cotton fragrance (Todo Dia® - Natura)
Active Comparator: multisensory self care; Daily moisturizing body care with a moisturizer with cotton fragance (Todo Dia® - Natura) for 30 days, and will watch a video with music and images of nature during self-care.	Other: multisensory self care (Todo Dia®); daily use of moisturizing body with cotton fragrance (Todo Dia® - Natura) + audiovisual stimulus

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in perceived stress (Lipp Stress Inventory and Symptoms of Stress List)	Lipp Stress Inventory and Symptoms of Stress List	baseline, 30 days, 60 days

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in cortisol levels	Saliva will be collected to measure cortisol levels: 7-9 am	baseline, 30 days, 60 days

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in Satisfaction with life (Satisfaction With Life Scale)	Satisfaction With Life Scale	baseline, 30 days, 60 days
Changes in Positive and Negative Affective	Positive and negative affect scale	baseline, 30 days, 60 days
Change in perceived self-esteem (Rosenberg's self-esteem Scale)	Rosenberg's self-esteem Scale	baseline, 30 days, 60 days

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Eliseth R Leão, PhD, Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein - Albert Einstein Jewish Institute for Education and Research

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Ribeiro VF, Filho CF, Valenti VE, Ferreira M, de Abreu LC, de Carvalho TD, Xavier V, de Oliveira Filho J, Gregory P, Leao ER, Francisco NG, Ferreira C. Prevalence of burnout syndrome in clinical nurses at a hospital of excellence. Int Arch Med. 2014 May 9;7:22. doi: 10.1186/1755-7682-7-22. eCollection 2014.
• Caminha LB, da Silva MJ, Leao ER. [The influence of musical rhythms on the perception of subjective states of adult patients on dialysis]. Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2009 Dec;43(4):923-9. doi: 10.1590/s0080-62342009000400026. Erratum In: Rev Esc Enferm USP. 2010 Mar;44(1):following 227. Portuguese.
• Leao ER, Dal Fabbro DR, Oliveira RB, Santos IR, Victor ED, Aquarone RL, Andrade CB, Ribeiro VF, Oliveira RC, Friedlander R, Ferreira DS. Stress, self-esteem and well-being among female health professionals: A randomized clinical trial on the impact of a self-care intervention mediated by the senses. PLoS One. 2017 Feb 27;12(2):e0172455. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172455. eCollection 2017.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: July 1, 2014
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2014
• Study Completion (Actual): August 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 27, 2014
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 1, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): April 2, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimate): September 3, 2015
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 1, 2015
• Last Verified: September 1, 2015

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Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: H-Senses