Inner Engineering Online (IEO) Intervention for a Specific Company Employee Program

The study aims to evaluate changes in burnout levels affected by intervention using the Maslach Burnout Inventory scale General Survey (MBI_GS). This survey consists of 16 questions and designed for use with occupational groups other than human services and education, including those working in jobs such as customer service, maintenance, manufacturing, management, and most other professions.Sum of 16 items is reported for each study period. With possible range of total score between 0-80, a higher score indicates more burnout or worse score addressing their experience of burnout.

The study aims to evaluate changes in perceived levels of stress in survey participants and the effect Inner Engineering Online has over them. We use a validated scale for this purpose named, Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). The scale measures the degree to which situations in participant's life are appraised as stressful. This is the key secondary outcome for our study. We assess for change in perceived stress levels by analyzing the PSS score for each participant and comparing it to pre & post intervention results. PSS is a 10 question validated instrument that assesses stress. Participants are asked to rate on a scale of 0 (never) to 4 (very often) how often they agree with various statements. Items from each of the 10 questions are then summed to create a total perceived stress score, ranging of 0 to 40. The lower score indicates less stress, higher score indicates high perceived stress.

We assess for change in Mindfulness levels by using a validated scale for this purpose namely, Mindfulness Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS). The scale measures the individuals' ability for receptive awareness and attention to present. This aids in evaluating any change on the individual's awareness levels after the Inner engineering intervention. We compute the MAAS scores for each participant which is a mean score for 15 item questionnaires and compare the pre & post intervention results to look for change. Participants are asked to rate on a scale of 1 (Almost Always) to 6 (Almost Never) to assess the frequency of occurrence of each experience. Mean is then computed using items from each of the 15 questions to create a MAAS score, ranging from 0 to 6. Higher MAAS scores indicate better mindfulness state.

We assess for change in the individuals' ability to feel joy and look for it in the mundane by using a validated scale for this purpose namely, Dispositional Positive Emotions Scale (DPES) particularly the Joy subscale. The Sub-scale measures the individuals' dispositional ability to feel joy in life. The aids in evaluating any change on the individual's joy predisposition levels after the Inner engineering intervention. We compute the DPES-JOY subscale scores for each participant which is a mean score for 6 item questionnaires and compare the pre & post intervention results to look for change. DPES-JOY scale ranges from 0 to 6 and higher DPES-JOY scale indicates higher joy in life.

We assess for change in the individual feeling depressed using a validated scale for this purpose namely, Centre for Epidemiologic Studies, Depression scale (CES-D). The scale comprises of 20 item questionnaires which measures the major facets of depression based on self-reported symptomatology. We compute the CES-D scale scores for each participant and compare the pre & post intervention results to look for change. Possible range of scores is 0-60 with higher scores indicating the presence of more symptomatology.

We assess for change in the individual feeling anxious using a validated scale for this purpose namely, Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) emotional distress- Anxiety short form scale. The scale comprises of 7 item questionnaires which measures the major facets of anxiety based on self-reported symptomatology. Sum is computed for the responses and scores range between 7-35, where higher scores indicating greater/wrose severity of anxiety. We compute the PROMIS Anxiety short form scale scores for each participant and compare the pre & post intervention results to look for change.