Improvement Mental Health Among Physicians by a Mindfulness-training Mobile Application

January 25, 2023 updated by: yonatan butbul MD, Rambam Health Care Campus

Improvement in Mental Health Markers Among Hospital Physicians Through a Mindfulness-training Mobile Application - Randomized Controlled Trial

The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of a short, smartphone-based mindfulness application on stress, wellbeing and burnout among hospital physicians

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Physicians working at a tertiary hospital were recruited and randomly divided into two groups, a study group (SG) in which participants practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks and a control group (CG). Main Measures: All participants filled-out questionnaires assessing stress (Perceived Stress Scale-PSS), mental health (Mental Health Inventory-MHI) and burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory-MBI) at baseline and 7 weeks later

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

50

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

  • Israel
      • Haifa, Israel
        • Pediatric rheumatology clinic, Rambam Medical Center

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

  • Child
  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

* Physicians Working full-time at the Rambam Healthcare Campus.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Physicians that won't be able to participate in at least 50% of the practicing.

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: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: a study group (SG) in which participants practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks
Other: practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks
Physicians working at a tertiary hospital were recruited and randomly divided into two groups, a study group (SG) in which participants practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks
No Intervention: control group
Waiting for the intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Perceived Stress Scale-PSS
Time Frame: 7 weeks
Differences in stress between baseline and 7 weeks later - will be assessed by Perceived Stress Scale-PSS
7 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Mental Health Inventory-MHI
Time Frame: 7 weeks
Differences in Mental health between baseline and 7 weeks later will be assessed by Mental Health Inventory-MHI
7 weeks
Maslach Burnout Inventory - MBI
Time Frame: 7 weeks
Differences in Burn out between baseline and 7 weeks later will be assessed by Maslach Burnout Inventory - MBI
7 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Rambam Health Care Campus

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Yonatan Butbul, Rambam

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)

January 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 1, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 16, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 25, 2023

First Posted (Estimate)

January 26, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 26, 2023

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 25, 2023

Last Verified

January 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 0150-20-RMB

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

IPD Plan Description

Will be available on request

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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