Mindful Coloring to Reduce Nurses' Stress

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stress (Psychology); Burn Out (Psychology)
• Interventions: Behavioral: Coloring as a brief mindfulness-based intervention

• Registration Number: NCT04942509
• Lead Sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether nurses who did mindful coloring for at least five working days during a 10-day period experienced stress reduction afterwards.

Detailed Description

Enrolled participants who met inclusion criteria (full-time clinical nurses working for at least five days during a specified 10-day period) were randomized in 1:1 ratio to the coloring or control groups. A third party did the allocation sequence and concealment. After giving informed consent, participants completed the baseline questionnaire and the coloring group watched an instructional video on mindful coloring. The coloring group were asked to color for any length of time on at least five working days during a 10-day period (period A) while the control group were asked to do it on a subsequent 10-day (period B). The post-intervention questionnaire was completed by both groups at the end of period A. The study was completed after period B.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-12-07
• Primary Completion: 2021-01-12
• Study Completion: 2021-01-12
• Status Verified: 2021-06
• Study First Submitted: 2021-06-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-06-23
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-06-25
• Study First Posted: 2021-06-28
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 79

Inclusion Criteria

• Full time clinical nurses working under the Hospital Authority who would be working for at least 5 days during a specified 10-day study period.

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Coloring	Coloring as a brief mindfulness-based intervention	This group did mindful coloring for at least 5 days or at least 100 minutes in total during a 10-day period

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in perceived stress	Time point 1: pre-intervention. Time point 2: post-intervention (10 days)	Scores of 0-40 measured by the Perceived Stress Scale. A positive outcome is indicated by a lower post-intervention score.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in mental well-being	Time point 1: pre-intervention. Time point 2: post-intervention (10 days)	Scores of 7-35 measured by the short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale. A positive outcome is indicated by a higher post-intervention score.
Change in trait mindfulness	Time point 1: pre-intervention. Time point 2: post-intervention (10 days)	Scores of 24-120 measured by the Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire - short form. A positive outcome is indicated by a higher post-intervention score.
Change in burnout	Time point 1: pre-intervention. Time point 2: post-intervention (10 days)	Three subscales (each with a separate score) assessing three facets of burnout including Emotional Exhaustion (scores 0-54), Depersonalisation (scores 0-30) and Personal Accomplishment (scores 0-48) measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey for medical personnel. Burnout is represented by a combination of high emotional exhaustion and depersonalization scores, together with a low personal accomplishment score. Positive outcomes are indicated by a lower score in Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalisation, and a higher score in Personal Accomplishment.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Prince of Wales Hospital; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong