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- Clinical Trial NCT04897165
Resilience Training for Work-related Stress in Employees and the Influence of the Lecture Format on Training Success
June 7, 2021 updated by: ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine
Resilience Training With Mobile Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Work-related Stress in White-collar Employees and the Influence of the Lecture Format (Digital vs. Live) on Training Success
A study to analyze the psychophysiological effects of a preventative, 4-week resilience training with mobile heart rate variability biofeedback (HRV-BfB) in a workplace setting and the influence of the lecture format (digital vs. live) on the training success.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Detailed Description
This was a three-arm, non-randomized, controlled trial to examine the effects of a preventative, 4-week resilience training with mobile HRV-BfB on work-related stress in white-collar employees.
Participants were asked to exercise autonomously three times per day for five minutes with the mobile HRV-BfB device.
They additionally attended three lectures at the beginning of the first, third, and forth week.
The aim of the lectures was to mediate a theoretical knowledge and to prepare the participants for the autonomous training.
To examine the potential influence of the lecture format, one group attended live lectures (blended learning condition) and one group received access to online lectures (e-learning condition).
Results of study's outcome measures were compared with a waitlist control group.
Outcome measures were assessed at baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and at 4-week follow-up (T2).
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Actual)
90
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
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Baden-Württemberg
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Filderstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 70794
- Arcim Institute
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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
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Written informed consent
- Employees of the company at which the study is conducted
Exclusion Criteria:
- Implanted pacemaker
- Medically diagnosed heart failure or arrhythmia
- Medically prescribed cardiac drugs (e.g., beta-blockers, diuretics, ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blockers, or antiarrhythmic agents)
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: Prevention
- Allocation: Non-Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Resilience training with mobile HRV-BfB based on an e-learning approach (with digital lectures)
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A 4-week resilience training with a mobile HRV-BfB device.
Participants received access to three online lectures at the start of the first, third, and forth training week (each lasting 60 minutes) to receive a theoretical base on resilience and to learn how to exercise with the HRV-BfB device.
Participants were asked to exercise three times a day for 5 minutes in their occupational and leisure time with the HRV-BfB device.
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Experimental: Resilience training with mobile HRV-BfB based on a blended learning approach (with live lectures)
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A 4-week resilience training with a mobile HRV-BfB device.
Participants attended three live lectures at the start of the first, third, and forth training week (each lasting 90 minutes) to receive a theoretical base on resilience and to learn how to exercise with the HRV-BfB device.
Participants were asked to exercise three times a day for 5 minutes in their occupational and leisure time with the HRV-BfB device.
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No Intervention: Waitlist controls
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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COPSOQ personal burnout after the intervention
Time Frame: After the 4-week intervention (T1)
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Personal burnout was assessed with the adapted German long version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) at T1. Six questions were answered on an ordinal scale, transformed to values ranging between 0=minimum value and 100=maximum value (higher values indicate a more severe burnout symptomatology) and averaged to obtain a scale score (0-100).
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After the 4-week intervention (T1)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change in the COPSOQ scale personal burnout between baseline (T0) and 4-week follow-up (T2)
Time Frame: Baseline (T0) and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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Personal burnout was assessed with the adapted German long version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) at T0 and T2.
Six questions were answered on an ordinal scale, transformed to values ranging between 0=minimum value and 100=maximum value (higher values indicate a more severe burnout symptomatology) and averaged to obtain a scale score (0-100).
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Baseline (T0) and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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Change in the COPSOQ scale subjective general health between baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
Time Frame: Baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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The subjective general health was assessed with the adapted German long version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ, originally derived from the EQ-5D) at T0, T1, and T2 (single question).
The question was transformed to a scale ranging from 0=minimum value to 100=maximum value (lower values indicate a worse general health).
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Baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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Change in the COPSOQ scale work-privacy conflict between baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
Time Frame: Baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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Work-privacy conflict was assessed with the adapted German long version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) at T0 and T2.
Five questions were answered on an ordinal scale, transformed to values ranging between 0=minimum value and 100=maximum value (higher values indicate a worse conflict) and averaged to obtain a scale score (0-100).
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Baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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Change in the COPSOQ scale behavioral stress symptoms between baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
Time Frame: Baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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Behavioral stress symptoms were assessed with the adapted German long version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) at T0 and T2.
Eight questions were answered on an ordinal scale, transformed to values ranging between 0=minimum value and 100=maximum value (higher values indicate more severe stress symptoms) and averaged to obtain a scale score (0-100).
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Baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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Change in the COPSOQ scale cognitive stress symptoms between baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
Time Frame: Baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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Cognitive stress symptoms were assessed with the adapted German long version of the Copenhagen Psychosocial Questionnaire (COPSOQ) at T0 and T2.
Four questions were answered on an ordinal scale, transformed to values ranging between 0=minimum value and 100=maximum value (higher values indicate more severe stress symptoms) and averaged to obtain a scale score (0-100).
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Baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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Change in self-reported sleep quality between baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
Time Frame: Baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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Self-reported sleep quality, latency, and sleep duration were assessed with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) at T0, T1, and T2.
Items were averaged to obtain values between 0 and 3 (higher values indicate a poorer sleep).
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Baseline (T0), after the 4-week intervention (T1), and 4-week follow-up (T2)
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HRV analysis: Change in SDNN between baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
Time Frame: Baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
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Standard deviation of normal to normal (NN) intervals (ms).
Recorded with the software InnerBalanceTM Trainer (HeartMath Deutschland GmbH, Germany) and analyzed with the software HRV-Scanner (BioSign GmbH, Germany).
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Baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
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HRV analysis: Change in RMSSD between baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
Time Frame: Root mean square of successive differences (ms). Recorded with the software InnerBalanceTM Trainer (HeartMath Deutschland GmbH, Germany) and analyzed with the software HRV-Scanner (BioSign GmbH, Germany).
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Baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
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Root mean square of successive differences (ms). Recorded with the software InnerBalanceTM Trainer (HeartMath Deutschland GmbH, Germany) and analyzed with the software HRV-Scanner (BioSign GmbH, Germany).
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HRV analysis: Change in pNN50 between baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
Time Frame: Baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
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Percentage of successive NN intervals that differ from each other by more than 50 ms (%).
Recorded with the software InnerBalanceTM Trainer (HeartMath Deutschland GmbH, Germany) and analyzed with the software HRV-Scanner (BioSign GmbH, Germany).
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Baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
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HRV analysis: Change in Baevsky's stress index between baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
Time Frame: Baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
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Baevsky's stress index is computed from the main characteristics of the inter-beat intervals histogram (mode value, mode amplitude, and variation range).
Recorded with the software InnerBalanceTM Trainer (HeartMath Deutschland GmbH, Germany) and analyzed with the software HRV-Scanner (BioSign GmbH, Germany).
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Baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
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HRV analysis: Change in the degree of rhythmization between baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
Time Frame: Baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
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A measure that quantifies the respiratory sinus arrhythmia.
Recorded with the software InnerBalanceTM Trainer (HeartMath Deutschland GmbH, Germany) and analyzed with the software HRV-Scanner (BioSign GmbH, Germany).
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Baseline (T0) and after the 4-week intervention (T1)
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Training evaluation
Time Frame: After the 4-week intervention (T1)
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Participants rated the training success, integrability and the responding to questions and needs on a 5-point scale (1=positive, 5=negative).
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After the 4-week intervention (T1)
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Collaborators and Investigators
This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.
Investigators
- Study Director: Jan Vagedes, ARCIM Institute Academic Research in Complementary and Integrative Medicine
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)
October 4, 2016
Primary Completion (Actual)
December 19, 2016
Study Completion (Actual)
December 19, 2016
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
May 18, 2021
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
May 18, 2021
First Posted (Actual)
May 21, 2021
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
June 8, 2021
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
June 7, 2021
Last Verified
June 1, 2021
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- STM_05
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
YES
IPD Plan Description
Deidentified individual participant data will be made available, in addition to study protocol and informed consent form.
IPD Sharing Time Frame
The data will be made available upon publication for a duration of three months.
IPD Sharing Access Criteria
The data will be made available to researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal for use in achieving the goals of the approved proposal.
IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type
- STUDY_PROTOCOL
- ICF
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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