Impact of a Virtual Reality-based Mindfulness Program on Clinician Wellness
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 32
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- PROMIS - anxiety
研究概览
简要总结
Burnout shares symptoms with anxiety and depression. While there is no single intervention for burnout, there are validated interventions (which are amenable to virtual reality (VR)) for anxiety and depression. UMassMemorial data from the Professional Well-Being Academic Consortium show that MD burnout and distress has increased since 2020. The investigators believe providing clinicians with a unique tool (VR) will be a feasible and efficacious way to tackle distress. It is known that only 1% of our MDs have done mindfulness training but nearly 50% are interested in doing so. Therefore, a self-administrable, interactive mindfulness program delivered over VR has great potential to reach clinicians who want to practice a more active form of mindfulness at a time convenient to them. The results of the study will provide preliminary evidence to determine if a take-home VR mindfulness program decreases clinician stress.
详细描述
Cohorts 1 will be the intervention group Cohorts 2 will be the controls. Study endpoints include results from the following questionnaires:
- PROMIS - Short Form Anxiety (8 questions)
- PROMIS - Short Form Depression (8 questions)
- Perceived Stress Scale (10 questions)
- Connor-Davidson Brief Resilience Scale (10 questions)
- System Usability Scale (10 questions)
The intervention is a 12-week mindfulness-based VR intervention.
Cohort 1 will complete the questionnaires 1-4 at baseline (just before the intervention). They will be sent twice weekly reminders to use the VR for the duration of the 12-week intervention. After 12 weeks Cohort 1 will retake questionnaires 1-4 and take questionnaire 5, while Cohort 2 will then take questionnaires 1-4 and be provided the VR headsets. After another 12 weeks, Cohort 1 will take questionnaires 1-4 and be done with the study, while Cohort 2 will take questionnaires 1-5. After 12 more weeks, Cohort 2 will take questionnaires 1-4 and be done with the study.
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
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •physician or APP employed by the Medical Group
排除标准
- •Not willing to receive 2 texts per week
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention - VR Mindfulness
The intervention group will be given the VR headset for their unrestricted use over the 12 week intervention period. The VR headset is exceptionally easy and intuitive to use. Each participant will have the choice of 20 "locations" in which to use the mindfulness-based program. Each of the 20 locations/programs are different. They range in length from 5 minutes (introductory) to 20 minutes.
干预措施: VR mindfulness (Behavioral)
Control
The control arm will not have any intervention. However, at the conclusion of the study, all participants from the Control group will be given the VR intervention
结局指标
主要结局
PROMIS - anxiety
时间窗: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the control group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.
PROMIS Short Form - anxiety scale. Scores of 8-40; Higher is a worse outcome.
Usability
时间窗: after 12 weeks we will dertermine the usability of the VR intervention in the intervention group
Usability scale. Scores of 10-50; Higher score is better.
PROMIS - Depression
时间窗: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the control group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.
PROMIS Short Form - Depression scale. Scores of 8-40; Higher is a worse outcome.
Resiliency
时间窗: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the control group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.
Connor-Davidson Resiliency Scale. Scores of 0-40; Higher score is better.
Stress scale
时间窗: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the control group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.
Perceived Stress Score. Scores of 0-40; Higher score is worse.
PROMIS - anxiety
时间窗: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the intervention group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.
PROMIS Short Form - anxiety scale. Scores of 8-40; Higher is a worse outcome.
PROMIS - Depression
时间窗: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the intervention group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.
PROMIS Short Form - Depression scale. Scores of 8-40; Higher is a worse outcome.
Resiliency
时间窗: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the intervention group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.
Connor-Davidson Resiliency Scale. Scores of 0-40; Higher score is better.
Stress scale
时间窗: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the intervention group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.
Perceived Stress Score. Scores of 0-40; Higher score is worse.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Steven Bird
Professor of Emergency Medicine
University of Massachusetts, Worcester