Clinical trial NCT04307563: Effects of Mindfulness Training on Burnout and Mood in Hospital Employees
Official title: Behavioral Health Support for Health Care Providers During COVID 19: A Remote Mindfulness Intervention
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Anxiety Depression
Burnout
Keywords: self-compassion
meditation
health personnel
Lead sponsor: Stanford University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2020-03-13
Enrollment: 52
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The primary aims of the study are to 1) provide a hospital employee population with a mindfulness based stress reduction workshop and 2) evaluate the impact of this clinically validated group mindfulness intervention on burnout in health care employees. Secondary outcomes will be anxiety, depression, quality of life and self compassion.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* English speaking
* Employees of Stanford Health Care
* Ability to attend a minimum of 4 out of 6 sessions

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-English speaking
* Employees with severe medical or psychiatric conditions that prevent them from participating in the group format

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Burnout
timeFrame: Four time points (week 1 and 6 of intervention, and 3 & 6 month post intervention)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in Anxiety
timeFrame: Four time points (week 1 and 6 of intervention, and 3 & 6 month post intervention)
measure: Change in Depression
timeFrame: Four time points (week 1 and 6 of intervention, and 3 & 6 month post intervention)
measure: Change in Perceived Health
timeFrame: Four time points (week 1 and 6 of intervention, and 3 & 6 month post intervention)
measure: Change in compassion
timeFrame: Four time points (week 1 and 6 of intervention, and 3 & 6 months post intervention)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Palo Alto
country: United States
facility: Stanford Health Care
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: Stanford University
name: Maria G Juarez-Reyes
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
affiliation: Stanford University
name: Alexandria Blacker
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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