Psychological Resilience and Psychological Well-being of Intensive Care Nurses

The Effect of the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Intervention on Psychological Resilience and Psychological Well-being of Intensive Care Nurses

Purpose: This study aims to determine the impact of mindfulness-based stress reduction programs on the psychological resilience and well-being of intensive care nurses.

Design: The study was planned as an experimental study with a randomized control group, using pre-test, post-test and follow-up test.

Hypotheses: H1: The resilience level scores of the nurses in the intervention group participating in the mindfulness-based stress reduction initiative will increase compared to the nurses in the control group.

H2: Nurses in the intervention group participating in the mindfulness-based stress reduction initiative will increase their well-being level scores compared to the nurses in the control group.

H3: The psychological resilience level posttest and follow-up scores of the nurses in the intervention group participating in the mindfulness-based stress reduction initiative will increase compared to their pretest scores.

H4: The well-being level posttest and follow-up scores of the nurses in the intervention group participating in the mindfulness-based stress reduction initiative will increase according to their pretest scores.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Well-being; Psychological Resilience
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Intervention; Other: no intervention

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 44
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Merve Bat Tonkus, PhD Cand; Phone Number: +905055951889; Email: batmerve@gmail.com

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 50 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Having Having a working time of at least 6 months in the intensive care unit,
• No barriers to accessing technology for participation in the online training program,
• Absence of a communication barrier related to vision and hearing

Exclusion Criteria:

• Working in the intensive care unit for less than 6 months
• Working in the intensive care unit due to temporary assignment

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: MBRSEG; The group in which the mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention will be implemented.	Behavioral: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Intervention; Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction intervention is a manualized course that includes meditation, relaxing movement, and breathing. A certified MBSR instructor will teach the courses in a group-based format for 90 minute sessions, once per week for eight weeks.
Other: control group; The group to which mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention will not be applied	Other: no intervention; No intervention will be made in the control group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Psychological Resilience Level	Psychological Resilience Scale for Adults: The scale consists of 33 items; it includes 6 sub-dimensions: The structural style (3,9,15,21) and perception of future (2,8,14,20) subdimensions were measured by 4 items each, the family cohesion (5,11,17,23,26,32), perception of self (1,7,13,19,28,31,), and social competence (4,10,16,22,25,29) sub-dimensions were measured by 6 items each, and the social resources (6,12,18,24,27,30,33) sub-dimension was measured by 7 items. The score that can be obtained from the scale varies from 33 to 165.	for 3 months
Psychological Well-being Level	Psychological Well-Being Scale: The items of the scale are answered between 1 and 7, as I strongly disagree (1) and I strongly agree (7). All items are expressed positively. Scores range from 8 (strongly disagree to all items) to 56 (strongly agree to all items). A high score indicates that the person has many psychological resources and strengths.	for 3 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: İstanbul Yeni Yüzyıl Üniversitesi

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): November 1, 2021
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): January 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): June 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 28, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 9, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): November 22, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 22, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 9, 2021
• Last Verified: November 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Mindfulness; Intensive Care Nurses
• Other Study ID Numbers: IstanbulYeniYU

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
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No