uSing Meditation App to Reduce ED occupational sTress - SMART trial

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: occupational stress; burnout; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619001175167
• Lead Sponsor: niversity of Queensland

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-08-20
• Study Completion: 2020-07-20
• Last Update Posted: 28 June 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 148

Inclusion Criteria

•Either permanent or causal staff in the EDs
•Have a daily access to a smartphone with Internet access`
•Able to commit to the four weeks intervention period

Exclusion Criteria

•Agency staff or external staff
•Self-reported with a previous diagnosis of psychiatric disease(s) or severe depression
•Have practiced meditation or yoga regularly (practice at least once a week) in the past three months

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Occupational stress will be measured by the Perceived Occupational Stress Scale. [The experimental group will be requested to complete the survey before the intervention (T1), at end of the intervention period (T2) and three months later (T3). <br><br>The ‘Wait to treat’ group will be requested to complete the survey at the same time interval (T1, T2, T3) as the experimental group. They will be given same access to the app and instructed to practice daily 10 minutes meditation for four weeks. Participants in the ‘Wait to treat’ group will be requested to complete the survey at end of the intervention period (T4) and three months later (T5). ]