This parallel population study aims to optimize and evaluate Healthcare Provider (HCP) wellness and performance through an evidence-based stress reduction program, Transcendental Meditation.
Transcendental Meditation (TM) has been found to be effective in reducing adverse mental health outcomes, including burnout, emotional exhaustion, depression, anxiety, insomnia, and trauma symptom severity. It is a mind-body program that allows the practitioner to experience progressively quieter, less excited states of mental activity.
For this trail, 65 HCPs affiliated with three participating Miami hospitals (Baptist Health South Florida Hospital, Mercy Miami Hospital and Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Miami) will receive instructions in the Transcendental Meditation Technique. A control group of similar numbers of HCPs will be recruited to match, to the best extent possible, for gender, age, type of HCP (doctor, nurse, etc.), and work schedule (e.g., days, nights, etc.). The control group participants will not receive Transcendental Meditation Technique training and will continue with their usual lifestyle.
The total duration of the study period will be 3 months. Study outcomes will be assessed at baseline, 2 weeks, 1 month, and 3 months' posttest, with change in burnout, insomnia, symptom, and well-being, as measured by the corresponding indexes as the primary outcomes.
