Clinical trial NCT04622527: A Study to Assess Virtual Reality by Healthcare Providers: A Pilot Study
Official title: Acceptability of Virtual Reality Experience by Health Care Providers for Improving Focus and Reducing Anxiety: A Pilot Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Anxiety
Burn Out
Keywords: anxiety
burnout
Lead sponsor: Mayo Clinic
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Relay Therapeutics, Inc.
First posted: 2020-11-10
Enrollment: 24
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
Intervention model description: Participants viewed/were exposed to all 4 paradigms but in different sequence according to the randomization. With 4 paradigms there are a total of 24 ordering sequences. With a sample of N=24, each subject was randomized to one of these 24 sequences with each subject having a unique sequence.
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the acceptability of using Virtual Reality intervention to help reduce anxiety and burnout symptoms and improve focus in the workplace.

Detailed description: The proposed investigation will apply two novel paradigms using proprietary Virtual Reality interventions designed to reduce anxiety and inattention. We will explore whether this intervention is safe and acceptable, and whether it can impact the stress, anxiety, and difficulty in focus of employees in the workplace. Participants will view two different nature videos in two different formats. Each video will be experienced through Virtual Reality or non- Virtual Reality.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 18 years of age or older at the time of consent.
* Healthcare Professional with the Mayo Clinic.
* Not pregnant by participant self-report at time of consent.
* Have the ability to provide informed consent.
* Have no contraindicated comorbid health conditions as determined by the clinical investigators.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Currently (within the past 3 weeks) practicing mindfulness training on a weekly/regular basis.
* Currently (within the past 3 weeks) undergoing an additional program (e.g., Complementary and Alternative Medicine \[CAM\]) to improve quality of life.
* Currently (within 3 weeks) enrolled in another clinical or research program (e.g., CAM) which impacts the patients' quality of life (QOL), stress or anxiety.
* Currently has photosensitivity.
* Cannot tolerate virtual reality experiences.
* An unstable medical or mental health condition as determined by the physician investigator (e.g., pre-existing eye strain, seizures, dizziness, nausea)

Primary outcomes:
measure: State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI Y1)
timeFrame: 2 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Was the Study Worthwhile
timeFrame: 2 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Rochester
country: United States
facility: Mayo Clinic in Rochester
state: Minnesota
Study officials:
affiliation: Mayo Clinic
name: Ivana T Croghan, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Mayo Clinic
name: Brent Bauer, MD
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
References:
citation: Croghan IT, Hurt RT, Aakre CA, Fokken SC, Fischer KM, Lindeen SA, Schroeder DR, Ganesh R, Ghosh K, Bauer BA. Virtual Reality for Health Care Professionals During a Pandemic: A Pilot Program. J Prim Care Community Health. 2022 Jan-Dec;13:21501319221086716. doi: 10.1177/21501319221086716.