Managing burnout with non-invasive neuromodulatio
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Attention deficits in burnoutMental and Behavioural Disorders
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN94275121
- Lead Sponsor
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Brief Summary
2020 results in preprint in https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.21831.1 (added 03/06/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 16
Inclusion Criteria
1. Score of > 4 on the Dutch version of the Maslach Burnout Scale (MBS)
Exclusion Criteria
1. Excessive drug or alcohol use
2. Epilepsy
3. Depression
4. Bipolar syndrome
5. Chronic fatigue syndrome or any other history of psychiatric or neurological disorders
6. Implanted neurostimulator or pace-maker
7. Drugs interacting directly with the NMDA receptors
8. Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Attention measured using RBANS at baseline and after 3 weeks of stimulation
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> At baseline and after 3 weeks of stimulation:<br> 1. Burnout measured using MBS<br> 2. Depression measured using BDI<br> 3. Quality of Life measured using QoL<br> 4. Attention measured using RBANS Attention Index<br> 5. Vigilance measured using D2 (s-score)<br> 6. Central executive measured using Inhibition and shifting, Stroop III, TMT B, WCST<br> 7. Processing speed (updating and control) measured using TMT A, Stroop I and II, D2 (Gz, F%, Gz – F)<br> 8. Phonological loop measured using RBANS Language Index<br> 9. BNTmeasured using Semantic fluency tasks<br> 10. Visuospatial sketchpad measured using Raven and RBANS Visuospatial Index<br> 11. Encoding measured using RBANS Immediate Memory Index<br> 12. Retrieval measured using RBANS Recent Memory Index<br>