Reducing Psychological Distress in Fire Fighters With an Asynchronous App- Based Meditation Intervention
试验速览
- 阶段
- 2 期
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 192
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- anxiety features
研究概览
简要总结
The more than one million firefighters in the United States provide critical emergency medical services in communities they serve and are on the front lines of healthcare delivery, including in the post-pandemic world. As a result of exposure to occupational stressors, a high proportion of firefighters experience considerable stress-related burden including psychological distress (i.e., increased features of anxiety and depression). To address this need, this project will test the efficacy of a 10-day meditation intervention (i.e., 10 individual prerecorded audio units delivered by smartphone app) among career firefighters to decrease psychological distress (i.e., anxiety and depression).
详细描述
The goal of this study is to test the efficacy of a 10-day meditation intervention (i.e., 10 individual prerecorded audio units delivered by smartphone app) versus an active attention control (i.e., 10-day health education intervention with 10 individual prerecorded audio units delivered by smartphone app) to reduce psychological distress among N=160 career firefighters (to address possible attrition, N=192 firefighters will be consented and enrolled). The following specific aims will guide the research:
Aim 1. Examine whether firefighters' psychological distress (i.e., features of anxiety [primary outcome], depression) is reduced at 10 days, 30 days, and 3 months after the meditation intervention versus an active attention control. Features of anxiety, features of depression will be assessed at baseline (T1), after the 10-day intervention (T2), 30 days later (T3), and 3 months later (T4).
Aim 2: Explore the extent to which reductions in psychological distress from the meditation intervention are mediated by mindfulness and perceived social connection.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- 未提供
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
anxiety features
时间窗: before, immediately after, 30 days after, and 3 months after the 10-day interventions
PROMIS (Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System) Short Form Emotional Distress - Anxiety - 8a
次要结局
- depression features(before, immediately after, 30 days after, and 3 months after the 10-day interventions)