Clinical trial NCT03165799: Mindfulness to the Clinical Setting: The Mind Hand Connection Study
Official title: Mindfulness to the Clinical Setting: The Mind Hand Connection Study
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mindfulness
Education, Medical
Hand Hygiene
Patient Safety
Lead sponsor: University of Michigan
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
name: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
First posted: 2017-05-24
Enrollment: 32
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Participating teams were randomized with a 1:1 ratio to receive the intervention.
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: This is a single center, randomized study that assessed the effects of mindfulness training on physician teaching teams at a VA hospital.

Detailed description: The primary objective of this study was to evaluate changes in hand hygiene compliance pre- and post- intervention in Internal Medicine physician and medical student inpatient teaching teams. Half of the teaching teams received the intervention of mindfulness education. Blinded observers collected data on hand hygiene compliance and mindfulness behaviors for both teams during patient care rounds for 1-week pre and post intervention. Additionally, the intervention group participated in focus group/interview discussions.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Internal Medicine attendings, residents, interns and medical students on inpatient patient care teams, able to provide consent

Exclusion Criteria:

Surgical attendings, residents, interns or subspeciality teams, Internal medicine attendings rotating on non-resident teams

Primary outcomes:
measure: Hand Hygiene Compliance
timeFrame: Baseline and study completion at 2 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
timeFrame: Baseline and study completion at 2 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System
state: Michigan
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Michigan and Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System
name: Vineet I Chopra, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Gilmartin HM. Use hand cleaning to prompt mindfulness in clinic. BMJ. 2016 Jan 4;352:i13. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i13. No abstract available.
citation: Kiyoshi-Teo H, Krein SL, Saint S. Applying mindful evidence-based practice at the bedside: using catheter-associated urinary tract infection as a model. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2013 Oct;34(10):1099-101. doi: 10.1086/673147. Epub 2013 Aug 23.
citation: Ellingson K, Haas JP, Aiello AE, Kusek L, Maragakis LL, Olmsted RN, Perencevich E, Polgreen PM, Schweizer ML, Trexler P, VanAmringe M, Yokoe DS. Strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections through hand hygiene. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2014 Sep;35 Suppl 2:S155-78. doi: 10.1017/s0899823x00193900. No abstract available.
citation: King D, Vlaev I, Everett-Thomas R, Fitzpatrick M, Darzi A, Birnbach DJ. "Priming" hand hygiene compliance in clinical environments. Health Psychol. 2016 Jan;35(1):96-101. doi: 10.1037/hea0000239. Epub 2015 Jul 27.
citation: Gilmartin H, Saint S, Rogers M, Winter S, Snyder A, Quinn M, Chopra V. Pilot randomised controlled trial to improve hand hygiene through mindful moments. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Oct;27(10):799-806. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007359. Epub 2018 Feb 20.