Clinical trial NCT06782503: An Evaluation of a Mind-Body Medicine Training Program for Parole Services Division Staff
Official title: An Evaluation of a Mind-Body Medicine Training Program for Parole Services Division Staff
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: Resilience
Empathy
Burnout
Stress
Meditation
Mind-body therapies
Lead sponsor: The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Herbert Simon Family Foundation
First posted: 2025-01-20
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Non-controlled repeated measures
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a mind-body medicine training program on parole services staff. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Will participation in the training increase resilience; empathy; the belief that one can cope with difficult situations; and decrease symptoms of depression, stress, anxiety, and burnout?
* What is the personal and professional impact of the training program?

Sixty staff members of the Indiana Department of Correction Parole Services Division will do the following:

* Attend an initial 4-day mind-body medicine training. Mind-body techniques taught in the training include: meditation; a breathing exercise; biofeedback; guided imagery; expressing oneself through drawings and writing; movement to reduce stress; and family trees to explore family dynamics.
* Attend a 2-day practicum. The 2-day practicum will teach staff the ways in which they can share the skills they have learned one-on-one with parolees and families of parolees.
* Attend 4 biweekly sessions of 2-hour group consultation sessions. The consultations will support the use of the mind-body skills with the parolees.

Participants will also do the following:

* Fill out standardized questionnaires online before and after the training program in order to measure changes in resilience; empathy; the belief that one can cope with difficult situations; and symptoms of depression, stress, anxiety, and burnout.
* Fill out an additional online questionnaire three months after the consultation sessions to determine how trainees are using the mind-body skills in their work.
* Participate in an online group interview to determine how trainees are using the skills and how the training has affected them personally and professionally.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria for Mind-Body Medicine Training :

* Being a staff member of the Division of Parole Services
* English Speaking
* Being 18 years of age or older
* Able to fully participate in the training and the small groups included in the training

Exclusion Criteria for Mind-Body Medicine Training:

• None: It is expected that all parole staff will be able to fully participate in the training and the small groups included in the training

Inclusion Criteria for Focus Group Participation :

* Completion of the Mind-Body Medicine Training
* Currently supervising parolees
* Teaching or using mind-body skills with their supervised parolees
* Being 18 years of age or older
* English speaking.

Exclusion Criteria for Focus Group Participation:

• None, as long as the trained staff meet the inclusion criteria.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline on Resilience assessed using the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC) after the 4-day training and 3 months after the last group consultation session
timeFrame: Baseline, after the 4-day training, and 3 months after the last group consultation session
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from Baseline on Coping Self-efficacy assessed using the Coping Self-Efficacy Scale (CSE scale) after the 4-day training and 3 months after the last group consultation session
timeFrame: Baseline, after the 4-day training, and 3 months after the last group consultation session
measure: Change from Baseline on Empathy will be assessed using the Toronto Empathy Questionnaire (TEQ) after the 4-day training and 3 months after the last group consultation
timeFrame: Baseline, after the 4-day training, and 3 months after the last group consultation session
measure: Change from Baseline on Depression, Anxiety, and Stress using the Depression Anxiety and Stress Scale -21 (DASS-21) after the 4-day training and 3 months after the last group consultation session
timeFrame: Baseline, after the 4-day training, and 3 months after the last group consultation session
measure: Change from Baseline Burnout using the Oldenburg Burnout Inventory (OLBI) after the 4-day training and 3 months after the last group consultation session
timeFrame: Baseline, after the 4-day training, and 3 months after the last group consultation session
Other outcomes:
measure: Focus Group for Parole Staff Who Are Using Mind-Body Skills with Their Supervised Parolees
timeFrame: 3 months after the last consultation group
Locations:
city: Indianapolis
country: United States
facility: Indiana Department of Correction
state: Indiana
Study officials:
affiliation: The Center for Mind-Body Medicine
name: Julie K Staples, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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