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NCT Number: NCT06003699

Mindfulness Training in the Medical Health Care System

The purpose of this study is to look at how mindfulness-informed emotional intelligence training may influence how participants think, feel, and act.

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Key information

Conditions

Burnout, Professional Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Burnout, Psychological Emotion Regulation Emotional Regulation Occupational Diseases Occupational Stress Self-Control Social Behavior Stress Stress, Psychological

Age range

18 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

McLaren Health Care Corporation

Grand Blanc, Michigan, 48439, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Individuals who are between 18 and 80 years of age
  • Individuals who are fluent English speakers
  • Individuals who are able to adequately and independently use electronic devices, such as a laptop, computer, or tablet, and have Internet connection
  • Individuals who are willing and able to consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

  • Individuals with an active and untreated mental health issue and/or hospitalization for psychological/mental health issues within the past month

Treatment and study plan

Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program

Behavioral

The present project involves the delivery of the Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program. The SIY Program is organized into 6 thematic modules. The first module introduces mindfulness and emotional intelligence and provides scientific evidence for the benefits of practicing mindfulness. The second module introduces Self-Awareness. The remaining four modules cover other domains based on Daniel Goleman's original framework of Emotional Intelligence: self-management, motivation, empathy, and leadership. Each module is associated with a set of practices, such as focused attention, body scan, journaling, empathic listening, and a Leadership Commitment exercise. The program will be delivered over 4 weeks, with one 3-hour session per week for a total of 12 hours that will take to complete all the modules.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in Positive Affect

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    Positive Affect is assessed with the 5-item positive sub-scale from Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). PANAS Positive has a range of scores from 5 to 25, with a higher score indicating a higher positive mood.

  2. Change in Negative Affect

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    Negative Affect is assessed with the 5-item positive sub-scale from Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS). PANAS Negative has a range of scores from 5 to 25, with a higher score indicating a higher negative mood.

  3. Change in Perceived Stress

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    Perceived stress is assessed with the 4-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4). PSS-4 has a range of scores from 0 to 16, with a higher score indicating a higher level of perceived stress.

  4. Change in Decentering

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    Decentering is assessed via the 11-item decentering sub-scale of the experience questionnaire (EQ-D). The decentering score ranges from 1 to 55, with a higher score indicating a higher level of decentering.

  5. Change in Mindfulness

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    Mindfulness is assessed with the 15-item short version of the Five Factor Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ). The scores range from 15 to 75 with higher scores indicating greater levels of mindfulness.

  6. Change in Leadership Self-Awareness

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    Leadership Self-Awareness is assessed with the 4-item self-awareness sub-scale from the Authentic Leadership Questionnaire (ALQ). Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert Scale ranging from 0 ("not at all") to 4 ("frequently"), and higher scores indicate greater self-awareness.

  7. Change in Workplace Emotional Intelligence

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    Workplace Emotional Intelligence is assessed with the 16-item Workplace Emotional Intelligence Profile Scale (WEIPS). Each item is rated on a scale from 1("strongly disagree") to 7 ("strongly"), and higher scores indicate greater emotional intelligence.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Attentional Performance

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    The Sustained Attention Response Task (SART) is used to assess attentional performance and mind wandering (i.e., off-task thinking which is typically self-generated and compromises the performance of the task at hand). SART has a range of scores from 0 to 1 with a higher score indicating better accuracy when completing the task.

  2. Change in Depression and Anxiety

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    Depression and anxiety is assessed with the 4-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4) Each item is rated from 0 ("not at all") to 3 ("nearly every day"), and ratings are summed together. PHQ-4 has a range of scores from 0 to 12, with higher scores indicating higher levels of depression and anxiety.

  3. Change in Burnout

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    Burnout will be assessed with the 12-item Burnout Assessment Tool (BAT-12). Each item is rated on a 5-point Likert scale from 0 ("never") to 5 ("always"). Ratings are then averaged on a scale of 0 to 5, where a higher score indicates greater burnout.

  4. Change in Flourishing

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    Flourishing will be assessed using the 8-item Flourishing Scale. Each item is rated on a 7-point Likert scale from 0 ("Strongly disagree") to 7 ("Strongly agree"). Ratings are then averaged with higher scores representing greater psychological resources and strengths.

  5. Change in Sleep

    Time frame: Baseline, up to 11 weeks

    Sleep problems will be assessed with one question assessing the overall quality of the participants' sleep. The item is rated on a 4-point Likert scale. Scores range from 0 to 3 with a higher score indicating lower quality sleep.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Miami

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2024
Primary completion
2024
Study completion
2024
First posted
Aug 22, 2023
Registry last updated
Jun 27, 2024

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