Improvement Mental Health Among Physicians by a Mindfulness-training Mobile Application

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Stress
• Interventions: Other: practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks

• Registration Number: NCT05699382
• Lead Sponsor: Rambam Health Care Campus

Brief Summary

The aim of our study was to evaluate the effect of a short, smartphone-based mindfulness application on stress, wellbeing and burnout among hospital physicians

Detailed Description

Physicians working at a tertiary hospital were recruited and randomly divided into two groups, a study group (SG) in which participants practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks and a control group (CG). Main Measures: All participants filled-out questionnaires assessing stress (Perceived Stress Scale-PSS), mental health (Mental Health Inventory-MHI) and burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory-MBI) at baseline and 7 weeks later

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-01
• Primary Completion: 2022-01-01
• Study Completion: 2022-12-01
• Status Verified: 2023-01
• Study First Submitted: 2023-01-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2023-01-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2023-01-25
• Study First Posted: 2023-01-26
• Last Update Posted: 2023-01-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

* Physicians Working full-time at the Rambam Healthcare Campus.

Exclusion Criteria

* Physicians that won't be able to participate in at least 50% of the practicing.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
a study group (SG) in which participants practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks	practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks	a study group (SG) in which participants practiced mindfulness through the application for 6 weeks

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perceived Stress Scale-PSS	7 weeks	Differences in stress between baseline and 7 weeks later - will be assessed by Perceived Stress Scale-PSS

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mental Health Inventory-MHI	7 weeks	Differences in Mental health between baseline and 7 weeks later will be assessed by Mental Health Inventory-MHI
Maslach Burnout Inventory - MBI	7 weeks	Differences in Burn out between baseline and 7 weeks later will be assessed by Maslach Burnout Inventory - MBI

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pediatric rheumatology clinic, Rambam Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Haifa, Israel