Interns InSight Study: The effect of mindfulnesstraining on the wellbeing and functioning of medical interns.
Completed
- Conditions
- psychological distresspositive mental healthmedical studentsmedical interns
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20142
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity Medical Center St. Radboud
- Brief Summary
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- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion Criteria
Medical interns (male and female) of 18 years and older starting their clinical practice in the Radboud University Nijmegen.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Students younger than 18 years old;
2. Students with insufficient understanding of the Dutch language;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome measure is the score of the interns on the Brief Symptom Inventory which measures the amount of psychological distress experienced by the students. This validated questionnaire is a shortened version of the Symptom Checklist (SCL-90). It exists of 53 items divided over 9 symptom dimensions like depression, anxiety and somatization. From the total score a General Severity Index is calculated, which is a commonly used and validated outcome measure in studies.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Burnout, measured by the Utrechtse Burnout Schaal (UBOS-C), the Dutch translation of the widely used Maslach Burnout Inventory;<br /><br>2. Suicidality measured by the questions of the suicidality dimension of the MINI;<br /><br>3. Irrational beliefs measured by the Irrational Beliefs Inventory;<br /><br>4. Mindfulness measured by the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ);<br /><br>5. Mental health measured by the Positive mental health continuum - short form;<br /><br>6. Life satisfaction measured by the life satisfaction questionnaire;<br /><br>7. Empathy measured by the Jefferson Scale of physician empathy;<br /><br>8. Professionalism will also be assessed by examining study results and outcome of clinical performance in simulation patients during the central clinical education.