Breathing Techniques and Meditation for Health Care Workers During COVID-19
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 进行中（未招募）
- 入组人数
- 100
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Number of Participants Recruited to the Study (Feasibility)
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- — 至 70 Years（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Participants must be able to read and understand English
- •Must be employed at MD Anderson Cancer Center
排除标准
- •Brain tumor
- •Brain aneurysm
- •Pregnant or trying to get pregnant
- •Brain bleeding in the past 1 year
- •Recent abdominal surgery and not cleared to exercise
研究组 & 干预措施
Supportive Care (video, breathing techniques, meditation)
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.
干预措施: Media Intervention (Other)
Supportive Care (video, breathing techniques, meditation)
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.
干预措施: Meditation Therapy (Procedure)
Supportive Care (video, breathing techniques, meditation)
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.
干预措施: Quality-of-Life Assessment (Other)
Supportive Care (video, breathing techniques, meditation)
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.
干预措施: Questionnaire Administration (Other)
Supportive Care (video, breathing techniques, meditation)
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.
干预措施: Yoga (Procedure)
结局指标
主要结局
Number of Participants Recruited to the Study (Feasibility)
时间窗: 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
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
- Change in Resilience(4 weeks)
- Perceive Stress and Psychological Impact(4 weeks)
- Breath Holding Time(4 weeks)
- Adherence to the Practice(4 weeks)