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NCT Number: NCT02419430

Mindfulness Based Resilience Training

The investigators aim to evaluate the Mindfulness Based Resilience Training (MBRT) intervention for Mayo Clinic employees in order to provide evidence for improved ability to cope with stress and decreased work-related burnout and stress-related symptoms as a result of MBRT training. In addition, the investigators aim to compare the effects of MBRT + smartphone sleep feedback, a smartphone resilience intervention + smartphone sleep feedback, or waitlist control +smartphone sleep feedback in a randomized clinical trial in a sample of 75 Mayo Clinic employees.

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Key information

Conditions

Stress, Psychological Behavior Behavioral Symptoms

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259, United States

About this study

The investigators aim to compare the effects of MBRT + smartphone sleep feedback, a smartphone resilience intervention + smartphone sleep feedback, or waitlist control +smartphone sleep feedback in a randomized clinical trial in a sample of 75 Mayo Clinic employees. Specific self-report outcomes include: well-being, stress, anxiety, depression, fatigue, resilience, self-compassion, and burn-out, assessed at pre-, post- and 3-month followup. Objective outcomes, derived from smartphone-driven self-monitoring, include sleep quality and emotional experiencing, assessed throughout the six-week intervention period. The investigators will explore whether changes in objectively measured sleep quality and emotional experiencing will mediate treatment effects on self-report outcomes. The investigators will also explore whether treatment effects are more robust in self-selected versus randomized groups by drawing on the investigators' existing data.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion:

  • Stress subscale of the DASS-21 needs to be a score 5 or greater and
  • Must have a smart Phone, and
  • Ability to attend at least 5 complete sessions.

Exclusion :

  • Stress subscale of the DASS-21 less than 5.
  • Must have a smart Phone.

Treatment and study plan

MBRT ClassRoom and Phone Application

Behavioral

2 hours/week for 6 week, in classroom intervention involving mindfulness based resilience training.focused on mindfulness and self-compassion training, including body awareness, breath awareness, mindful movement, awareness of thoughts, and awareness of emotion. Core concepts included: normalizing experience of stress and changing one's relationship with an experience; learning to be a compassionate observer of self in order to appreciate the moment; recognizing undue efforts to control something that has already happened; shifting attention to felt body sense and away from the narrative; and redirecting attention to a value as a way of evoking positive states that enhance the present moment experience. Participants also use the smartphone to track their sleep and subjective well-being.

Phone application only

Behavioral

Participants will track their sleep and subjective well-being and also choose one of the following weekly challenges, which is completed via smartphone interactions:

  • Joys of Life
  • Count your blessings
  • Think differenc, feel better
  • Exercising --> Happier

+ Exercising --> Sleep

  • Pre-Sleep routine
  • Eat that frog
  • Mindful Meditation

Questionnaires

Behavioral

At baseline, immediately after the last MBRT session (6 weeks) and again at 3 and 6 months, all participants will complete questionnaires, including: 1) WHO-5 Well-Being Index; 2) DASS-21; 3) VAS-Fatigue; 4) MBI-Human Services version; 5) Self-Compassion Scale; 6) Connor-Davidson 2-item resilience scale; 7) Compassion to others scale.

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in scores using the DASS-21(Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales) questionnaire

    Time frame: Baseline to 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Other

Collaborators

  • Arizona State University

Registry information

Official study title

Mindfulness Based Resilience Training for Employees at Mayo Clinic

Acronym: MBRT

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Apr 17, 2015
Registry last updated
May 17, 2016

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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