H-Senses Project - Self Care Mediated by the Senses

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stress
• Interventions: Other: bi-sensory self care (Todo Dia®); Other: one-sensory self care (Todo Dia®); Other: multisensory self care (Todo Dia®)

• Registration Number: NCT02406755
• Lead Sponsor: Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein

Brief Summary

Randomized clinical trial about self-care mediated by the senses in female health professionals and their influence on stress, self-esteem, mood states, life satisfaction and levels of salivary cortisol.

Detailed Description

The work environment of health professionals is commonly considered stressful, given that they need to deal with difficult situations that include pain, risk of death, the decisions that need to be fast and accurate, and conflicts generated in interpersonal relationships. There is an ongoing discussion that the investigators need to care for those who care, however, there are few interventions studied and validated to effectively reduce the stress of these professionals that resonate in states of well-being. There is little room for discussion of this topic during the workday, as well as to learn techniques and measures for effective stress management. This study aims to explore the relationship between well-being, self-esteem and stress of women health professionals, and compare three self-care interventions mediated by the senses.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-07
• Study First Submitted: 2014-10-27
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-04-01
• Study First Posted: 2015-04-02
• Study Completion: 2015-08
• Status Verified: 2015-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-09-01
• Last Update Posted: 2015-09-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 123

Inclusion Criteria

• Professional healthcare;
• working in healthcare or administrative area in hospital
• Voluntary participation;
• Signed in term of free and informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria

• Evaluation with relevant dermatological findings diagnosed by a dermatologist;
• Work at nighttime or in alternate periods (because of known chronobiological changes that would affect the study of cortisol, one of the outcomes considered in the study);
• who are breastfeeding;
• Be pregnant

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
bi-sensory self care	bi-sensory self care (Todo Dia®)	Daily moisturizing body care with a moisturizer with cotton fragance (Todo Dia® - Natura) for 30 days.
one-sensory self care	one-sensory self care (Todo Dia®)	Daily moisturizing body care with an odorless moisturizer (Todo Dia® - Natura) for 30 days.
multisensory self care	multisensory self care (Todo Dia®)	Daily moisturizing body care with a moisturizer with cotton fragance (Todo Dia® - Natura) for 30 days, and will watch a video with music and images of nature during self-care.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in perceived stress (Lipp Stress Inventory and Symptoms of Stress List)	baseline, 30 days, 60 days	Lipp Stress Inventory and Symptoms of Stress List

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in cortisol levels	baseline, 30 days, 60 days	Saliva will be collected to measure cortisol levels: 7-9 am

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein; 🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil