Effects of Transcendental Meditation on Physician Burnout and Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 40
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Maslach Burnout Inventory
研究概览
简要总结
This research study will examine the effects of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique on academic physician burnout, depression, insomnia, perceived stress, and resilience through a mixed methods approach.
详细描述
Burnout is pervasive among physicians in academia, with costly ramifications for individuals and institutions ($100,000-900,000/faculty replacement). The purpose of this study is to assess, both quantitatively and qualitatively, the effects of the TM technique as an intervention in lowering burnout, depression, perceived stress, insomnia, and to increase resilience in academic physicians.
Research Study Hypotheses Quantitative hypothesis #1: Regular practice of the TM technique by academic physicians for 4 months will reduce symptoms of burnout compared to academic physicians not practicing the TM technique Quantitative hypothesis #2: Regular practice of the TM technique by academic physicians for 4 months will reduce symptoms of perceived stress, insomnia, depression and increase resilience compared to academic physicians not practicing the TM technique.
Qualitative research questions:
- What are the daily challenges faced by academic physicians and how do they view their ability to handle them?
- Does regular practice of the TM technique improve their perception of their quality of life with regards to the challenges they face?
Sample Size Estimate There is an effect size of .6225 when using changed scores for treatment and control groups, and their respective standard deviations, from a recent study using the TM technique as the intervention and measuring burnout using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (Elder, 2014). Applying Cohen's power tables for p<.05 to this effect size the number of subjects per group needed is 12. Recruiting 20 subjects per group will allow for 20% attrition.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
盲法说明
The names of individual participants
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 21 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Have an MD degree
- •Be an academic attending physician at the Loyola Chicago School of Medicine or Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
- •Commit to attend all required sessions for learning the Transcendental Meditation (TM)technique and monthly follow-ups
- •Agree to practice TM twice daily for 20 minutes for the 4-month study period
- •Agree to complete both pre-and post-testing (at 1-month and 4-months) including both the entry and exit interviews.
排除标准
- •current suicidal ideation, previous instruction in the TM technique
结局指标
主要结局
Maslach Burnout Inventory
时间窗: change from baseline burnout level at four months
measures burnout level
次要结局
- Beck Depression Inventory(change from baseline depression level at four months)
- Insomnia Severity Index(change from baseline insomnia level at four months)
- Perceived Stress Scale(change from baseline perceived stress level at four months)
- Brief Resilience Inventory(change from baseline resilience level at four months)
研究者
Marie Loiselle
Researcher
Maharishi International University