Mindfulness Training for Medical Personnel

Mindfulness Resiliency Training Pilot for University of Miami Medical Personnel

In this project, the investigators propose to evaluate the impact of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) Program on the well-being of University of Miami (UM) clinicians and faculty/staff. If successfully implemented and proven to be effective, this training program may be disseminated to other interested medical personnel.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Stress; Burnout, Professional
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mindfulness Booster Training; Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI); Behavioral: Self-Practice

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 74
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
      • University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Child; Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical faculty, fellows, residents, and other allied healthcare providers at UM Miller School of Medicine and Jackson will be eligible for participation in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Those not falling into inclusion criteria.

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

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention; Participants will participate in 4 weeks of the Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) and then will be invited to continue to participate in 4 additional Mindfulness Booster Training.	Behavioral: Mindfulness Booster Training; Four additional mindfulness booster sessions after the 4-week MBI program.; Behavioral: Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI); MBI program is delivered once a week for 4 weeks, 90 minutes each preceded by a 90-minute orientation session. The training sessions will include discussion, and introduction and practice of mindfulness practices.
Active Comparator: Control; Participants will participate in 4 weeks of the Mindfulness-Based Intervention (MBI) and then continue to Self-Practice for 4 weeks.	Behavioral: Mindfulness Booster Training; Four additional mindfulness booster sessions after the 4-week MBI program.; Behavioral: Self-Practice; 4 weeks of self-practice after the MBI training.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in measure of stress	Stress will be measured using the Perceived Stress Scale, a short-form 4 item scale with a range of 0 to 16, with higher scores representing greater stress. Baseline responses will be compared to 4-week assessment responses of the control and intervention groups. Results between the control and intervention groups will be compared for statistical significance.	Baseline, 4-weeks, 3-months, 6-months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in measure of burnout	Burnout is measured using the 19-item Copenhagen Burnout Inventory including subscales assessing personal burnout, work-related burnout and patient-related burnout. Scores range from 0 to 100. Total score on the scale is the average of the scores on the items with a higher mean representing greater burnout. Baseline responses will be compared to 4-week assessment responses of the control and intervention groups. Results between the control and intervention groups will be compared for statistical significance.	Baseline, 4-weeks, 3-months, 6-months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Miami
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: David J Lee, PhD, University of Miami

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 29, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): November 27, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): November 27, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 20, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 20, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): May 2, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): February 12, 2019
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 11, 2019
• Last Verified: February 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Stress, Psychological; Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Burnout, Psychological; Burnout, Professional
• Other Study ID Numbers: 20180138

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No