Authentic Connections for Nurse Leaders

January 27, 2020 updated by: Sherry S. Chesak, Mayo Clinic

Fostering Resilience Amongst Mothers Under Stress: Authentic Connections for Nurse Leaders

The purpose of this pilot study is to test the feasibility and outcomes of a supportive group-based intervention, Authentic Connections, to be used for nurse leaders at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, in a collaboration involving faculty at Arizona State University (ASU) Department of Psychology, Dr. Sunyia Luthar.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

24

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Arizona
      • Scottsdale, Arizona, United States, 85259
        • Mayo Clinic in Arizona
    • Florida
      • Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32224
        • Mayo Clinic in Florida
    • Minnesota
      • Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
        • Mayo Clinic in Rochester

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Female

Description

  • In an Nursing Education Specialist (NES) or Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) nurse leader role at Mayo Clinic Rochester
  • Female gender
  • A mother to at least one child or adult child

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group
Behavioral: Authentic Connections
Authentic Connections support groups for nurse leaders who are also mothers. Meetings occur once a week for one hour.
Active Comparator: Control group
Behavioral: Protected time
Participants have one hour per week protected time scheduled on their calendar to do with what they choose.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale - 2 item
Time Frame: Baseline
Two item scale, each of which has a 5-point range of responses, as follows: not true at all (0), rarely true (1), sometimes true (2), often true (3), and true nearly all of the time (4). The total score ranges from 0-8, with higher scores reflecting greater resilience.
Baseline
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale - 2 item
Time Frame: 12 weeks
Two item scale, each of which has a 5-point range of responses, as follows: not true at all (0), rarely true (1), sometimes true (2), often true (3), and true nearly all of the time (4). The total score ranges from 0-8, with higher scores reflecting greater resilience.
12 weeks
Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale - 2 item
Time Frame: 24 weeks
Two item scale, each of which has a 5-point range of responses, as follows: not true at all (0), rarely true (1), sometimes true (2), often true (3), and true nearly all of the time (4). The total score ranges from 0-8, with higher scores reflecting greater resilience.
24 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Collaborators

Arizona State University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Sherry S Chesak, Mayo Clinic

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Helpful Links

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 8, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 2, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

September 2, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 25, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 31, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

August 6, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

January 29, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 27, 2020

Last Verified

January 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 18-002750

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

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