Feasibility of The Mindfulness Meditation App "Calm" to Reduce Burnout in Physician Assistant Students
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 19
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Burnout
研究概览
简要总结
This study investigates the feasibility and effects of an app-based mindfulness meditation intervention for PA students.
详细描述
The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of an app-based mindfulness meditation intervention for PA students.
The investigators will measure feasibility of using the Calm app for 10-minutes a day for four weeks in PA students. Feasibility will be measured with acceptability (i.e. satisfaction survey), demand (participation in the app as prescribed), and practicality (i.e., survey). Secondly, the investigators will determine the preliminary effects of a 4-week meditation intervention on burnout levels in PA students when compared to a wait list control group. Burnout symptoms (primary outcome), mindfulness, stress levels, and depressive symptoms (secondary outcomes) will be measured at baseline and post-intervention (4-weeks). Data gathered from this study will inform a future randomized controlled trial to determine the effects of a mindfulness meditation app on burnout in PA students. The information could also be used to design other studies assessing burnout in the workplace.
Aim 1: Determine the feasibility (acceptability, demand, practicality) of using the Calm app 10-minutes per day for four weeks in PA students. For the intervention group, our benchmarks will be as follows: 1) Acceptability (i.e., satisfaction) ≥70%, 2) Demand (i.e., participation in the app as prescribed, intention to use) ≥70%, 3) Practicality (i.e., survey) ≥70%.
Aim 2: Determine the preliminary effects of using the Calm app 10-minutes per day for four weeks on burnout (primary outcome) mindfulness, stress levels, and depressive symptoms (secondary outcomes) in PA students as compared to a wait-list control group.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Physician assistant students currently enrolled in school who do not practice meditation regularly
- •> 18 years of age
- •Able to speak/read/understand English
- •Residing in the U.S.
- •Regular internet access via mobile phone, tablet, etc.
- •Willing to participate in app-based meditation program
- •Burnout, classified as a score greater than or equal to 3 on the non-propriety single item burnout measure.
排除标准
- •Physician assistant students who currently (within the last six months) practice meditation
- •Professionals who identify as a practicing physician assistant
- •People who are not currently enrolled in physician assistant school
- •Individuals who are not burnt out, classified as a score less than or equal to 2 on the non-propriety single item burnout measure.
结局指标
主要结局
Burnout
时间窗: Change from baseline to post-intervention (week 4).
The Maslach Burnout Inventory is a 22-item inventory used to measure aspects of the burnout syndrome within three subscales: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. Using a seven-point scale (0, never; 1, a few times per year; 2, once a month; 3, a few times a month; 4, once a week; 5, a few times a week; 6, every day), participants rate their experience of burnout. Possible scores on the emotional exhaustion subscale range from 0 to 54. Possible scores on the depersonalization subscale range from 0 to 30. For both the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization subscales, higher mean scores correspond to higher degrees of burnout. Possible scores on the personal accomplishment subscale range from 0 to 48. Lower mean scores on the personal accomplishment subscale correspond to higher degrees of burnout. Scores are computes via sum.
次要结局
- Depression(Change from baseline to post-intervention (week 4).)
- Stress(Change from baseline to post-intervention (week 4).)
- Mindfulness(Change from baseline to post-intervention (week 4).)