Clinical trial NCT06849388: Effect of HeartMath Intervention on Stress, Emotional Vitality and Sense of Coherence
Official title: Resilience as a Journey, Not a Destination: The Feasibility of Applying HeartMath to Stress, Emotional Vitality and Sense of Coherence Among Intensive Care Units Nurses.
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Stress
Coherence Sense
Lead sponsor: Damanhour University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-02-27
Enrollment: 120
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 60
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: intervention group will used heart math intervention control group have no intervention
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This study aims to investigate the effect of Heart math intervention program on stress, emotional vitality and sense of coherence among intensive care units Nurses

Detailed description: This study aims to investigate the effect of Heart math intervention program on stress, emotional vitality and sense of coherence among intensive care units Nurses.

The intervention was implemented in form of 2 sessions per week according to the following 7 sessions, each session about 45- 60 minutes.

Session (1)

Aims:

Introduce Heart Math definition of stress. Assess client's current stress level.

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1 : Stress What is stress? How stress affect health? How stressed are you? What can I do about it? Session (2) Aim: Introduce concept of heart coherence

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Heart Coherence How dose Heart Math work? How can I create and practice physiological coherence? The Quick Coherence Technique. Handout 2: Depletion to renewal plan. Session (3)

Aims:

Teach Heart-Focused Breathing and Quick Coherence Introduce personal practice plan to use for

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Heart-focused breathing. Handout 2: Quick coherence technique. Handout 3: Personal practice log. Session (4)

Aims:

Assess client's current anxiety level. Review this week's homework on Personal Practice Log. Review and practice Quick Coherence Technique. Teach Heart Lock-In Technique.

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Anxiety Checklist. Handout 2: Quick Coherence Technique. Handout 3: Heart Lock-In Technique. Handout 3: Personal Practice Log. Session (5)

Aims:

Review this week's homework on Personal Practice Log. Review Heart-Focused Breathing and Quick Coherence Techniques. Review and practice. Heart Lock-In Technique. Teach Freeze Frame Technique.

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Heart Lock-In Technique. Handout 2: Freeze Frame Technique. Session (6)

Aims:

Review this week's homework on Personal Practice Log. Review Heart Lock-In and Freeze Frame Techniques. Teach Attitude Breathing Technique.

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Personal Practice Log. Handout 2: Freeze Frame Technique. Handout 3: Attitude Breathing Technique. Session (7)

Aims:

Review this week's homework on Attitude Breathing Technique. Teach Coherence Communication Technique.

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Attitude Breathing Technique. Handout 2: Coherent Communication Technique.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Nurses who work in selected intensive care units and agree to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

* Nurses who refuse to participate in this study

Primary outcomes:
measure: Resilience Scale
timeFrame: over two months
measure: Personal and Organizational Quality Assessment
timeFrame: over two months
measure: Sense of Coherence
timeFrame: over two months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Damanhūr
country: Egypt
facility: Faculty of Nursing
state: Damanhour
city: Damanhūr
country: Egypt
facility: Damanhour university
Study officials:
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