Does a Phone-based Meditation Application Improve Mental Wellness in Emergency Medicine Personnel?
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in burnout level
研究概览
简要总结
Emergency medicine is notorious for its high rate of burnout and mental health issues. The emergency department (ED) is a high paced work environment dealing with life and death issues. Employees in the ED work shift times that are not conducive to a natural circadian rhythm. All of these factors lead to high rates of burnout and overall dissatisfaction with their career choice. These are known downsides of a career in emergency medicine, but little effort is put into addressing this issue in everyday EDs.
Cell phones offer an easy and convenient means to participate in meditation. There are multiple evidence-based meditation apps available to cell phone users free of charge. Meditation has been shown to decrease burnout, rates of depression, and rates of anxiety. We hypothesize that weekly use of a meditation-based cell phone application will improve the mental health of emergency department employees as measured on various wellness inventories.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Employment in the Emergency Department (with at least 8 shifts a month at Dell Seton Medical Center or Seton Medical Center) as either an attending physician, resident physician, or nurse
- •Age greater than/equal to 18 years old and younger than 75 years old
- •Must own a mobile phone operating on the iOS system
排除标准
- •Already use a phone-based meditation app on a weekly basis
- •Currently undergoing psychological treatment in the form of weekly therapy or psychotropic medications
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
干预措施: Cleveland Clinic Stress Free Now Meditations For Healers (Behavioral)
Control
结局指标
主要结局
Change in burnout level
时间窗: 90 and 180 days, numeric scale between 0 and 6 with 6 being the highest score
Maslach Burnout Inventory, measures level of stress on a numeric scale
Change in anxiety score
时间窗: 90 and 180 days
Beck Anxiety Inventory, numeric score of 0-63 with a score of 63 being the most anxious
Change in stress levels
时间窗: 90 and 180 days
Perceived Stress Scale, numeric score of 0-40 with a score of 40 being the most stressed
Change in depression score
时间窗: 90 and 180 days
Beck Depression Inventory, numeric score of 0-63 with a score of 63 being the most depressed
次要结局
未报告次要终点