Mindfulness in the OR

Mindfulness in the OR: Can an Abbreviated Mindfulness Skill Improve a Surgeon's Focus, Anxiety and Performance in the OR?

The purpose of this research study is to understand the effect of a short mindfulness video on self perceived performance in the OR. Specifically, assessing the effectiveness of brief mindfulness intervention on physician focus, anxiety and perceived performance at the time of a procedure through a survey containing a modified flow state scale and modified applied mindfulness process scale

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Performance at Work
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mindfulness; Behavioral: Video

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 39
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Virginia
    • Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298
      • Virginia Commonwealth University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• practicing physicians or medical trainees
• employed in a hospital setting
• providing surgeries in an operating room setting.

Exclusion Criteria:

• practitioners involved in counseling roles

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Basic Science
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Placebo Comparator: Control	Behavioral: Video; Participants will view a control video
Experimental: Mindfulness	Behavioral: Mindfulness; Participants will view a brief mindfulness video

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Perceived flow	Perceived flow will be assessed using a modified flow state scale after case. Items are rated from Strongly disagree to Strongly agree. Items are summed and scored.	At the end of the procedure, up to 5 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Perceived application of mindfulness	Perceived mindfulness will be assess using a modified applied mindfulness process scale. Items are rated never, rarely, sometimes, often and always. Items are summed and scored.	at the end of the procedure, up to 5 hours

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Frances Casey, MD, Virginia Commonwealth University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 6, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 7, 2024
• Study Completion (Actual): February 7, 2024

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: August 13, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: August 13, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): August 17, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 29, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 26, 2025
• Last Verified: June 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: HM20018279

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