DOI: 10.5061/dryad.w6m905r2h
title: Data related to a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a virtual reality mindfulness intervention for nurse managers in an academic medical center

description: High levels of chronic and recurrent workplace stressors can profoundly
 impact the physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being of the
 health care workers. Research and interventions specially related to
 various mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to be beneficial
 at countering the negative effects of workplace stressors in the
 healthcare environment. While these interventions have primarily focused
 on front line healthcare workers, nurse managers have received less
 attention. In this randomized controlled trial, a sample of nurse managers
 and assistant nurse managers employed across an academic medical center
 were randomized into intervention and wait-list control groups. According
 to their assigned group, they engaged in a commercially available virtual
 reality mindfulness intervention (TRIPP) during their work day, three
 times a week for 15 minutes. Over the course of an eight week period,
 participants in each group engaged with the virtual reality mindfulness
 intervention during work hours at times that best into their professional
 and personal schedules. The intervention took place in the nurse
 managers' private office space. Outcomes measures of perceived stress
 (PSS-10), burnout (MBI-HSS), resilience (CD-10), and work engagement
 (UWES-9) were obtained pre-and post-intervention for both intervention and
 wait-list control groups. Results demonstrated significant decreases in
 perceived stress (p=.002) and burnout sub scales of emotional exhaustion
 (p=.001) and depersonalization (p=.001) with significant increases in the
 burnout sub scale of personal accomplishment (p=.006). In addition,
 significant increases in resilience (p=.006) and all sub scales of work
 engagement; vigor (p&lt;.001), dedication (p=.011), and absorption
 (p=.019) were found for those in the intervention group as compared to the
 wait-list control group. Analysis also demonstrated medium to large effect
 sizes for all outcome measures.    This submission
 reflects the raw dataset that includes de-identified demographic
 indicators (age, race/ethnicity, number of direct reports from
 REDCap-exported to Excel) for intervention and wait-list control groups of
 nurse managers and assistant nurse managers who participated in an
 eight-week worksite virtual reality  mindfulness intervention.
 The dataset (REDCap data exported to Excel) and code (R Statistical
 Software) used to run the analysis on pre- and post-intervention outcome
 measures of perceived stress (PSS-10), burnout (MBI-HSS), resilience
 (CD-10), and work engagement (UWES-9) are also included. The REDCap Excel
 file is labeled with each outcome measure and question numbers for the
 measures. The responses (number) for each outcome measure question aligns
 to the Likert scale range specific to each measure; this de-identified
 file can be used freely. 
description: Consent and baseline questionnaires, PSS-10, MBI-HSS, CD-10, and
 UWES-9, for all participants (both Intervention and Wait-List control
 groups) were completed prior to initiation of the intervention for the
 Intervention Group, via the participant’s smartphone or computer, accessed
 via a REDCap link. Participants in the Intervention
 Group (treatment group) received a VR headset, instructions on use of the
 VR headset, hand controllers, and the virtual reality mindfulness program;
 contact information for questions, concerns, or discomfort with the
 virtual reality technology and software was provided to each participant
 by a member of the research team. Intervention Group participants were
 instructed to use the virtual reality mindfulness intervention three times
 a week during work hours; weekly participation occurred within their
 worksite office space. At the end of the first
 eight-week intervention period, all participants (both Intervention and
 Wait-List Control groups) completed the PSS-10, MBI-HSS, CD-10, and
 UWES-9, accessed via a REDCap link. During the second
 eight weeks, participants in the Wait-List Control Group received a VR
 headset, instructions on use of the VR headset, hand controllers, and the
 virtual reality mindfulness program; contact information for questions,
 concerns, or discomfort with the virtual reality technology and software
 was provided to each participant by a member of the research team.
 Wait-List Control Group participants were instructed to use the virtual
 reality mindfulness intervention three times a week during work hours;
 weekly participation occurred within their worksite office space. At the
 end of the second eight-week study period, Wait-List Control Group
 participants completed the PSS-10, MBI-HSS, CD-10, and UWES-9. 
description: # Data related to a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of
 a virtual reality mindfulness intervention for nurse managers in an
 academic medical center Dataset DOI:
 [10.5061/dryad.w6m905r2h](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.w6m905r2h) ##
 Description of the data and file structure Title of Dataset: A Randomized
 Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Impact of a Virtual Reality Mindfulness
 Intervention for Nurse Managers in an Academic Medical Center ####
 Description of the data and file structure The csv files contains the
 study data corresponding to Demographics and Quantitative Outcomes Data.
 The .R file contains the R Statistical Software code used for analysis of
 outcomes for PSS-10, MBI-HSS, CD-10, UWES-9 Spreadsheet (1) - Demographic
 Data (limited to 3
 identifiers): Spreadsheet_1__S5784AVirtualReality_DATA_2025-10-05_1739_de_identified_DRYAD.csv * Record ID - Subject Study ID Demographics: * Age range- range of participant (in years). Includes ranges 21-30 years, 31-40 years, 41-50 years, 51-60 years, and 61-70 years - Race/ethnicity of the participants * Direct_reports - budgeted number of unit staff in Full Time Equivalents (FTEs) Spreadsheet (2) - Quantitative Outcomes Data for PSS-10, MBI-HSS, CD-10, UWES-9: Spreadsheet_2_S5784AVirtualReality_DATA_2025-08-15_1226_deidentified.csv * Record ID - Subject Study ID - REDCap_Event-Name -consent_preint-sur-arm1- Intervention Group pre-intervention surveys postint_surveys-arm1 - Intervention Group post-intervention surveys wl_consent-preint-arm2 - Wait-list Control Group pre-intervention surveys  wl_postintsurveys1-arm 2 - Wait-list Control Group post-intervention surveys (obtained after Intervention Group completed intervention) wl_postintsurveys2-arm 2 - Wait-list Control Group post-intervention surveys (obtained after wait-list control group completed intervention) PERCEIVED_STRESS_SCALE.txt (PSS-10) - txt file of instrument attached pss_10_question-1 through pss-10-question-10 participant survey scores -  0=never; 1=almost never; 2=sometimes; 3=fairly often; 4 =very often.  perceived-stress-scale10-complete - 2=participant data completion  Maslach-Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey - MBI_HSS.txt - txt file of instrument attached mbi-hss-question-1 through mbi-hss-question 22 participant survey scores - 0=never; 1=a few times a year or less; 2=once a month or less; 3=a few times a month; 4=once a week; 5=a few times a week; 6=every day. maslach-burnout-inventory-human-services-scale-complete - 2-participant data completion Connor Davidson Resilience Scale-10 - CDR_10.txt - txt file of instrument attached cdr-10-question-1 through cdr-10-question-10 participant survey scores - range of 0=not true at all  to 4-true nearly all the time connordavidson-scale-complete - 2=participant data completion Utrecht Work Engagement Scale-9 - UWES_9.txt - txt file of instrument attached uwes-9-question-1 through uses-9-question-9 - 0=never; 1=almost never; 2=rarely; 3=sometimes; 4=often; 5=very often; 6=always work-wellbeing-survey-complete - 2 participant data completion #### Code/Software vr_mindfulness_pilot.R: R Statistical Software was used for data analysis-code used is noted in the attachment. Analysis included full descriptive statistics of outcomes with effect sizes as well as linear regressions with the treatment condition (Intervention) and baseline score as the independent variable and the post-intervention score as the outcome.  ## Human subjects data All study participants signed an institutional IRB-approved study consent before participation. The consent included the statement: "If you consent to be in this study, your de-identified information (your survey responses) may be used or shared for future research without your additional consent and may be posted to a public repository for study replication or manuscript publication. Information that could directly identify you will never be included."This submission reflects the raw dataset that includes de-identified demographic indicators (age, race/ethnicity, number of direct reports from REDCap-exported to Excel) for intervention and wait-list control groups of nurse managers and assistant nurse managers who participated in an eight-week worksite virtual reality mindfulness intervention. The responses (number) for each outcome measure question align with the Likert scale range specific to each measure; this de-identified file can be used freely.