Breathing Techniques and Meditation for Health Care Workers During COVID-19 Pandemic

Phase 1

Active, not recruiting

Interventions: Other: Media Intervention
Procedure: Meditation Therapy
Other: Quality-of-Life Assessment
Other: Questionnaire Administration
Procedure: Yoga

Brief Summary: This phase I trial investigates breathing techniques and meditation for health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic. Breathing techniques and medication may help manage stress and improve lung health. The goal of this trial is to learn if breathing techniques and meditation may help to reduce stress and improve lung health in health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Detailed Description: PRIMARY OBJECTIVE:

I. To demonstrate the feasibility of a short pranayama or breathing techniques and meditation during Covid-19 pandemic.

SECONDARY OBJECTIVES:

I. To determine the adherence to the practice assessed as at least 50% of participants implement the intervention for 3 or more times in a week by the end of week 1/day 7 (+ 3 days).

II. To determine the change in resilience, perceived stress and psychological impact from day 0 today 28 as measured by the Brief Resilient Coping Scale (BRCS), Perceived Stress Scale (PSS4), and COVID-19 Stress among health care workers questionnaire.

III. To determine the changes in breath holding time measured weekly for 4 weeks.

IV. To determine the differences in breath holding time between those who are adherent and those who are not adherent to the practice.

OUTLINE:

Patients view an instructional video on breathing techniques and meditation. Patients then perform breathing techniques over 3 minutes and meditation over 2 minutes twice daily (BID) for 28 days.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Exclusion Criteria

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Supportive Care (video, breathing techniques, meditation)	Quality-of-Life Assessment	Patients view an instructional video on breathing techniques and meditation. Patients then perform breathing techniques over 3 minutes and meditation over 2 minutes BID for 28 days.
Supportive Care (video, breathing techniques, meditation)	Media Intervention	Patients view an instructional video on breathing techniques and meditation. Patients then perform breathing techniques over 3 minutes and meditation over 2 minutes BID for 28 days.
Supportive Care (video, breathing techniques, meditation)	Meditation Therapy	Patients view an instructional video on breathing techniques and meditation. Patients then perform breathing techniques over 3 minutes and meditation over 2 minutes BID for 28 days.
Supportive Care (video, breathing techniques, meditation)	Questionnaire Administration	Patients view an instructional video on breathing techniques and meditation. Patients then perform breathing techniques over 3 minutes and meditation over 2 minutes BID for 28 days.
Supportive Care (video, breathing techniques, meditation)	Yoga	Patients view an instructional video on breathing techniques and meditation. Patients then perform breathing techniques over 3 minutes and meditation over 2 minutes BID for 28 days.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of Participants Recruited to the Study (Feasibility)	Within 2 months	To demonstrate the feasibility of a short pranayama or breathing techniques and meditation during Covid-19 pandemic. Feasibility will be defined as recruitment of 50 participants to the study within 2 months.
Number of Participants Who Perceived the Intervention as Useful	Week 1 and Week 4	Defined as more than 50% of participants perceive the intervention as useful. Meditation perception questions were asked such as usefulness, feeling at peace, hopeful, or relaxed, and responses were recorded as strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree, and strongly disagree at weeks 1 and 4.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Resilience	4 weeks	Measured by the Brief Resilient Coping Scale among health care workers questionnaire.
Perceive Stress and Psychological Impact	4 weeks	Measured by the Perceived Stress Scale and COVID-19 Stress among health care workers questionnaire.
Breath Holding Time	4 weeks	Will determine the differences in breath holding time between those who are adherent and those who are not adherent to the practice.
Adherence to the Practice	4 weeks	Will determine the adherence to the practice assessed as at least 50% of participants implement the intervention for 3 or more times in a week by the end of week 1/day 7 (+ 3 days).