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NCT Number: NCT04676698

Three Good Things 2020: a Brief Text-based Wellness Intervention

This trial will be open to all Michigan Medicine Department of Family Medicine faculty, resident, or staff.

The intervention will consist of asking participants the "3 Good Things" based on positive psychology theory. Participants will be asked to list three things that went well that day and to consider their role in these outcomes. Pre and post surveys will be completed to evaluate this intervention.

At the end of the trial the study team will also select a limited number of entries from participants to share some of the "good things" which people listed. These will be edited to ensure writer anonymity and participants will be informed of this plan in the study introduction.

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Key information

Conditions

Job Related Stress Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Depression Occupational Diseases Occupational Stress Personal Satisfaction Stress, Psychological

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Faculty, resident, or staff in the Michigan Medicine (MM) Department of Family Medicine

Exclusion criteria

  • Not a member of Family Medicine at MM

Treatment and study plan

Three Good Things

Behavioral

The treatment phase will last 3 weeks. However, participants will complete surveys at baseline and up to 6 months. At the end of the trial the study team will also select a limited number of entries from participants to share some of the "good things" which people listed. These will be edited to ensure writer anonymity and participants will be informed of this plan in the study introduction.

Wait list control arm and then Three Good Things

Behavioral

Surveys will be completed for 3 months prior to treatment and then after treatment.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS-SF) between the intervention and control group

    Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months

    This is a 10 item survey to measure positive and negative affect. Responses include; very slightly or not at all, a little, quite a bit, and extremely. Higher scores of Positive Affect (PA) subscale represent higher positive affect higher scores of Negative affect (NA) subscale represent higher negative affect.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in self-reported physical health

    Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months

    This is a 1 question item to assess participants physical health ( 1=Excellent 2=good 3=fair 4=poor).

  2. Change in self-reported mental health

    Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months

    This is a 1 question item to assess participants mental health ( 1=Excellent 2=good 3=fair 4=poor).

  3. Change in Gratitude using the Gratitude Adjective Checklist (GAC)

    Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months

    The GAC is a 3-item self-report measure of state gratitude in which participants select, (1) A little (2) Moderately, Quite a bit (4), and Extremely (5).The total score on GAC ranges from 3 to 15, with higher score indicating greater state gratitude.

  4. Change in depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item (PHQ-9) score

    Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline) to 6 months

    PHQ-9 scores reflect depression severity. Participants will select responses that include 0=not at all, 1=several days, 2=more than half the days, 3=nearly every day. Ranges in scores are from 0-27 (Scores: 0-4 none, 5-9 mild, 10-14 moderate, 15-19 moderately severe, 20-27 severe).

  5. Change in Satisfaction with Life Questionnaire

    Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months

    This is a 5 question questionnaire in which participants select from 7 responses that are given a 1-7 scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree. Scoring ranges from 5-35 where 20 = neutral (the higher the score the more satisfaction).

  6. Change in the Hope Scale

    Time frame: Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months

    This is a 12 item questionnaire in which participants select from answers that include 1=definitely false 2=mostly false 3=mostly true 4=definitely true.

    Scores range from 12-48 with higher scores indicating greater hope.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Michigan

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Dec 21, 2020
Registry last updated
Dec 3, 2021

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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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