Evaluation of Mindfulness-based Self-care Programs for the Prevention of Burnout Among Primary Care Providers: Psychological, Inflammatory and Epigenetic Effects
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Burnout, Professional
- Sponsor
- Centro Mente Aberta de Mindfulness
- Enrollment
- 400
- Primary Endpoint
- A mindfulness intervention decreases Burnout
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 9 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Burnout Syndrome is one of the major challenges for health systems worldwide. This study strives to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of an 8- versus 2-week mindfulness-based self-care program on burnout symptoms and psychological and biological variables.
Detailed Description
The development of stepped-care interventions allows for the development of new strategies within mindfulness-based approaches, classically described as a weekly two-hour commitment which lasts eight weeks. Such approaches might reach larger and stratified groups, more suitable for usage in Brazilian health-system context. For such evaluations, the investigators will use a 3-arms randomized clinical trial design, with Sociodemographic and Labor variables, such as age, sex, number of offspring, adherence to the program, adherence to the mindfulness practices, Burnout Clinical Subtype Questionnaire -(BCSQ-36), Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-GS), Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS), Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory adapted for Brazil (FMI-Br-13), Five-Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ-Br). DNA methylation will be measured by Methylase-reaction, and BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) will be quantified by ELISA-sandwich. The primary outcome will be the effectiveness of such programs on different clinical subtypes of Burnout symptoms (frenetic, under challenged and worn-out). The secondary outcome will be mindfulness levels, and adherence to the program and to the mindfulness practice, and on inflammation and epigenetic variables.
Investigators
Marcelo Marcos Piva Demarzo
Professor at Preventive Medicine Dept. - Unifesp
Centro Mente Aberta de Mindfulness
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Active Primary Care Providers
Exclusion Criteria
- •Acute disease (physical or mental)
- •Schizophrenia or other psychotic symptoms
- •Concomitant use of medication causing attentional, cognitive or concentration impairments
- •Having practiced mindfulness or other contemplative techniques in the previous 12 months of the study.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
A mindfulness intervention decreases Burnout
Time Frame: up to 2 months of follow-up
Evaluation of Burnout symptoms through the MBI-GS scale
A mindfulness intervention increases Happiness
Time Frame: up to 2 months of follow-up
Evaluation of Happiness levels through the PHI (Pemberton) scale
Secondary Outcomes
- A mindfulness intervention increases Mindfulness(up to 2 months of follow-up)
- A mindfulness intervention improves Epigenetic(up to 2 months of follow-up)
- A mindfulness intervention improves Epigenetic (II)(up to 2 months of follow-up)
- A mindfulness intervention improves Epigenetic (III)(up to 2 months of follow-up)
- A mindfulness intervention improves Inflammation(up to 2 months of follow-up)