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NCT07639827
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if app-based wellness programs can help improve wellbeing and self-compassion for medical residents. This is a pilot study, which is done on a small group of people to learn if a larger study would be useful. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Are app-based wellness interventions feasible and acceptable in a high-stress population like medical residents? 2. Can app-based wellness programs improve wellbeing and self-compassion in medical residents? Researchers will compare the app-based wellness program to a time- and attention-matched control program. Participants will: * Complete online questionnaires at the start of the study and again after completion of the wellness program * Be assigned by chance (like a coin toss) to one of two different app-based programs, and will participate in the assigned program for 6 weeks. Both programs will involve weekly lessons and brief, daily exercises. Engagement with these exercises will not be mandatory but highly encouraged.
NCT06925503
Mindfulness in Motion (MIM) is an eight-week evidenced based program designed specifically to help participants learn practical stress reduction, burnout and resiliency building techniques. Content includes didactic instruction, community-building group discussion, mindfulness practices, and gentle yoga. Weekly themes include Willingness to Daily Practice, Mindful Sleep, Vision of Self, Supported by the Breath, Mindful Eating and Yoga, Movement Through Balance, Awareness of Sensation, Clarity and Release, and Staying Grounded and Moving Forward. An Ohio State University endorsed, ADA compliant companion smartphone app reinforces weekly content and offers a variety of individual mind-body and mediations practices. The evidence-based MIM content has been tailored to meet the physical, mental, and emotional needs of student Dance majors at The Ohio State University and integrated into the Dance 2802 course content as Mind-Body Conditioning for second year students. Over the course of the second year student's fall semester, this study will evaluate the effectiveness of this integrated course content on students' perceived stress, burnout, resilience, musculoskeletal injury and discomfort, and weekly respiratory rates. After the semester long course is completed, the students will also assess how well the Mind-Body Conditioning course content was integrated into the required first year seminar for University Dance majors.
NCT06582927
The present study evaluates the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Attention Training on measures targeting cognitive abilities and emotional well-being in first responders.
NCT06555172
This feasibility clinical trial aims to assess the feasibility of implementing a 1-month app-based meditation program with officers in the juvenile legal system and other professionals working directly with legal-involved youth.
NCT07556302
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of an empowerment-based psychoeducation program on burnout, self-leadership, mindfulness, and psychological resilience among nurse managers. The study population consists of nurse managers working in healthcare settings. The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the psychoeducation program reduces burnout levels and improves self-leadership, mindfulness, and psychological resilience among nurse managers. The main research questions are as follows: Does the empowerment-based psychoeducation program reduce burnout levels in nurse managers? Does the program improve self-leadership levels in nurse managers? Does the program increase mindfulness levels in nurse managers? Does the program enhance psychological resilience in nurse managers? In this randomized controlled design, participants will be assigned to either an intervention group or a control group. The intervention group will receive a structured empowerment-based psychoeducation program lasting five weeks, while the control group will not receive any intervention. Participants will undergo the following procedures: Completion of baseline (pre-test) assessments (T1) Participation in the psychoeducation program for the intervention group (5 weeks) No intervention for the control group Completion of post-intervention assessments (T2) Completion of follow-up assessments three months after the intervention (T3) The findings of this study are expected to contribute to the development of evidence-based interventions aimed at strengthening managerial competencies and psychological well-being among nurse managers.
NCT07474766
Burnout syndrome is a serious occupational health problem affecting healthcare professionals worldwide. Defined by emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and reduced personal accomplishment, its consequences span mental health (depression, anxiety, insomnia, substance use), physical health (cardiovascular problems, chronic fatigue, gastrointestinal disorders), and professional performance (reduced quality of care, absenteeism, staff turnover). Primary care professionals are a particularly high-risk group due to sustained workload, administrative burden, and limited autonomy. Despite the availability of evidence-based interventions - including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, mindfulness, and organisational strategies - their implementation remains limited. Digital tools have shown promising results, but most mobile applications address stress generically and are costly to develop. Online communities via WhatsApp have emerged as an accessible, low-cost alternative with potential to deliver psychoeducational content and peer support effectively. BurnOutCare is a structured 9-week pilot intervention delivered via WhatsApp, led by Mental Health Nursing professionals, comprising four modules: mindfulness, emotional regulation, conflict resolution, and burnout prevention. Content is shared three times per week using short texts, guided audio exercises, brief videos, interactive surveys, and infographics. A private individual channel provides personalised support. The study aims to assess the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of this approach in primary care professionals at OSI Barrualde-Galdakao (Basque Country, Spain), and to generate validated content and evidence to inform the future development of a purpose-built web/mobile health application for burnout prevention.
NCT07544498
This study investigates the effectiveness of an extended reality (XR) based resilience training program designed to support the mental health and well-being of nurses working in hospital settings. Nurses are exposed to high emotional, cognitive, and organizational demands and show elevated levels of work-related stress and stress-associated mental health problems. Strengthening resilience and coping capacities is therefore an important preventive approach to support nurses' well-being and sustain quality of care. The study is conducted as a pragmatic randomized controlled trial with a waitlist control group and includes approximately 232 nurses from hospitals in several European countries. Participants are randomly assigned either to an XR-based resilience training group or to a waitlist control group that continues with care as usual during the waiting period. The XR-based intervention consists of eight immersive training sessions delivered over approximately ten weeks using a head-mounted display. The training focuses on behavioral, cognitive, and emotional coping strategies and aims to enhance key resilience factors such as problem-solving, cognitive reappraisal, emotion regulation, and positive self-care. The primary outcome is perceived stress, assessed using the Perceived Stress Scale. Secondary outcomes include resilience, occupational self-efficacy, quality of life, psychological distress, burnout symptoms, coping strategies, work-related rumination, and turnover intentions. Assessments are conducted at baseline, post-intervention, and at a 20-week follow-up. In addition, a subgroup of participants will optionally provide physiological data during selected XR sessions to explore digital biomarkers related to stress and recovery. The findings of this study will provide evidence on the effectiveness, feasibility, and acceptance of XR-based resilience training for nurses and inform future implementation of digital mental health interventions in healthcare workplaces.
NCT07028788
This randomized controlled trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a mobile- and virtual reality-based mindfulness and breathing intervention on stress, burnout, sleep quality, and cognitive function among Rotating-shift nurses. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of four groups: (1) health education control group, (2) mobile-based mindfulness only, (3) mobile-based mindfulness combined with brief structured breathing, and (4) virtual reality-assisted mindfulness combined with brief structured breathing. The intervention will last for 8 weeks, with participants practicing 5 times per week for 10 minutes per session. Primary outcomes include perceived stress, burnout levels, sleep quality, and cognitive function.
NCT07465809
This interventional study evaluates the effectiveness of two 10-week self-regulation training programs (coaching-based and mindfulness-based) designed to enhance mental health and employability resources among healthcare workers (HCWs). Participants are allocated into two intervention arms based on their baseline level of emotional self-regulation. The study applies a non-randomized controlled pre-test/post-test design. The primary outcome is change in employability. Secondary outcomes include mental health indicators, such as perceived stress, anxiety, depressive symptoms and self-regulation. A follow-up assessment was conducted six weeks after the post-test. Additionally, qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted to explore participants' subjective experiences with the interventions.
NCT07380685
Clinical nurses are frequently exposed to high emotional demands due to heavy workloads, time pressure, patient suffering, and the interpersonal complexity of clinical care. These stressors may contribute to compassion fatigue, burnout, reduced resilience, and decreased occupational well-being. However, timely and accessible psychological support is often limited in busy clinical environments, and many nurses may hesitate to seek help due to stigma, time constraints, or limited resources. This study is a prospective, randomized, controlled, parallel-group interventional trial designed to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of an on-demand, human-centered emotional support intervention delivered through a LINE-based GPT assistant. The AI assistant provides real-time supportive conversations, reflective prompts, stress-coping guidance, and resilience-enhancing strategies tailored specifically for clinical nurses, offering a private and easily accessible support resource. Eligible clinical nurses (target sample size: 100-120) are randomly assigned to either an Intervention Group, which interacts with the AI assistant, or a Control Group, which receives non-interactive static messages, over a four-week intervention period. Primary outcomes include changes in compassion fatigue, burnout, and compassion satisfaction, as measured by the Professional Quality of Life Scale (ProQOL). Secondary outcomes include changes in resilience (Brief Resilience Scale), general self-efficacy (General Self-Efficacy Scale), and perceived stress (Perceived Stress Scale-10). The results of this study are expected to provide evidence on the feasibility and potential effectiveness of AI-based emotional support as a scalable and accessible tool to promote psychological well-being among clinical nurses, thereby informing future digital mental health interventions in healthcare settings.
NCT06771167
Established in 2021, NYCEAL consists of approximately 40 organizational partners and 120 Community Health Workers (CHWs). Over the next four years (2024-2028), NYCEAL will work with this network to implement the following intervention: Building Community Resilience Program (BCR). To assess the impact of this intervention, an implementation research framework will be used, and pre- and post-surveys conducted, and other process evaluation measures collected. Changes in outcomes measures such as stress, resilience, overall wellbeing, and other related outcomes for participants in the BCR program will be measured for community healthcare workers and/or frontline workers that receive educational workshops.
NCT07457801
The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of two different online education courses (Oxford-Online and Mind-Online) for preventing stress related conditions among paramedics who have been working during a period of COVID-19 occurrence in Singapore. The study aims to: * Compare the efficacy of a locally-adapted version of internet-delivered cognitive training for resilience (Oxford Online) to an existing educational online training (Mind Online) on depressive symptom severity * Compare the efficacy of Oxford Online to Mind Online for improving posttraumatic stress symptoms, resilience, general psychological distress, anxiety symptoms, social support, work engagement, and health-related quality of life Participants will: * Complete an online battery of baseline questionnaires * Be randomised to receive 6 modules of either Oxford Online or Mind Online, delivered once per week over a 6-week period * Complete the same online questionnaire battery immediately following the intervention, and again at the 6-month and 12-month follow up
NCT07279103
This study aims to examine the effects of a multisensory environment-based occupational therapy intervention on sensory processing, cognitive status, behavioral and psychological symptoms, and caregiver burden in individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Non-pharmacological approaches in Alzheimer's management have been shown to slow functional decline, reduce behavioral symptoms, and improve caregivers' well-being. Multisensory environments provide visual, auditory, tactile, proprioceptive, vestibular, olfactory, and gustatory stimuli to support sensory integration and enhance engagement, particularly in individuals with cognitive and communication difficulties. The study will be conducted using a randomized controlled design and will include individuals aged 65 years and older with moderate-stage Alzheimer's disease and their primary caregivers. The intervention will be implemented over four weeks with two sessions per week. Outcome measures will include the Adult/Adolescent Sensory Profile,Loewenstein Occupational Therapy Cognitive Assessment-Geriatric version, Neuropsychiatric Inventory, and Zarit Caregiver Burden Inventory. The study is expected to contribute to the evidence base supporting sensory-based occupational therapy interventions in dementia care.
NCT07435753
This study aims to strengthen leadership competencies among CU SOM faculty who have at least five direct reports by promoting meaningful behavior change in leadership practices and fostering a culture of peer support, to advance employee well-being and help reduce burnout among healthcare professionals. 125 leaders will take part in a six-month leadership development program consisting of 6 self-paced learning focus areas and 6 in-person sessions with peers to discuss. The investigators will evaluate the program's implementation process and its effectiveness in achieving desired outcomes.
NCT07450339
Compassion Fatigue can be conceptualized as consisting of two components (Gentry, 2015): (1) burnout, and (2) secondary traumatic stress (STS), also referred to as vicarious trauma. The study includes a quantitative assessment through the administration of the Professional Quality of Life Scale (Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue, Version 5; Stamm, 2009) at two time points, baseline (T0) and follow-up (T1), to measure levels of Compassion Fatigue among healthcare professionals working within the Emergency Department, specifically in the Emergency Room and General Intensive Care Unit. In the interval between the two quantitative assessments, following T0 and preceding T1, a Participatory Action Research (PAR) approach will be conducted. The study will also explore potential protective and risk factors related to Compassion Fatigue specific to the Emergency Room and General Intensive Care Unit settings. The Participatory Action Research will be carried out using focus group methodology. The primary objective of the study is to assess Compassion Fatigue (Larsen \& Stamm, 2008) among healthcare professionals working in the Emergency Department, specifically in the Emergency Room and General Intensive Care Unit of the Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo in Pavia, before (T0) and after (T1) the implementation of the Participatory Action Research conducted through focus groups. The second assessment (T1) will be carried out 18 months after the baseline assessment (T0)
NCT05743205
This exploratory pilot study is designed as interventional study to examine the efficacy of a wellness initiative that involves use of a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) to assist in the development of diverse coping strategies such as management of stressors, self-care, time management, and any other goals, problems or concerns that APPs would like assistance with during the intervention period.
NCT07431996
The aim of this study is to gain an in-depth understanding of the factors, needs, and forms of support that play a role for healthcare professionals in three crucial phases of the sick leave process: (1) absence from work, (2) the return-to-work process during illness, and (3) resumption of work. By combining qualitative interviews and available quantitative data, the study aims to form an integrated picture of how healthcare professionals experience their journey back to work and which elements contribute to a sustainable return to the workplace. The study focuses on two target groups: healthcare professionals who are currently unable to work (1-6 months) and healthcare professionals who have recently resumed work (≤ 6 months). Participants take part in one semi-structured interview (including a validated questionnaire). The research makes an important contribution to the current state of knowledge: although international literature already describes various factors that hinder and promote reintegration, there is little research that focuses specifically on healthcare professionals, who face unique risks such as high work pressure, emotionally stressful working conditions, and structural staff shortages. Furthermore, there is a clear knowledge gap regarding which forms of support (e.g., communication, guidance, work organization) are perceived as effective by healthcare professionals themselves, both during illness and when returning to work. There is also a lack of practical insight into the medium-term absence phase (1 month - 1 year), although this phase appears to be crucial for successful reintegration. The study contributes by: * systematically identifying needs, obstacles, and success factors specific to healthcare professionals; * generating insights into the process of returning to work in the medium term; * developing practical recommendations that can be directly applied in the retention and reintegration policies of healthcare institutions; * providing scientifically substantiated building blocks that contribute to improved decision-making at the policy level regarding sick leave in the healthcare sector. By linking the insights gained to a theoretical framework and existing literature, this research fills both a scientific gap and a practical need. The results have the potential to contribute directly to a more effective, personalized, and sustainable reintegration policy for healthcare professionals in Flanders.
NCT07411833
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate if transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) works to reduce occupational stress and burnout in university professors. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does tDCS reduce levels of occupational stress in university professors? Does tDCS reduce burnout levels in university professors? Researchers will compare active tDCS to a sham stimulation (a look-alike procedure that contains no active stimulation) and a control group to see if tDCS effectively reduces stress and burnout. Participants will: * Complete questionnaires assessing stress and burnout levels before the intervention * Complete follow-up assessments immediately after the intervention and 5 weeks later During intervention, participans of active tDCS and Sham gruops will: * Receive 10 sessions of tDCS over 4 weeks (excluding weekends), 20 minutes each
NCT07413783
The research is designed as a methodological and randomized controlled experimental study and will be conducted in five stages with final-year midwifery students at Atatürk University (N=120). First, the Turkish validity and reliability of the Kangaroo Care Knowledge, Skill and Confidence Scale will be established. Subsequently, an 8-hour kangaroo care training will be provided to the intervention group, and students' clinical performance, empathy levels, and kangaroo care competencies will be evaluated.
NCT07412717
Tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death and disease worldwide. The health benefits of quitting smoking are well-documented. Healthcare professionals play a key role in the fight against smoking. Nevertheless, they are also affected by smoking, with a prevalence ranging from 16% to 43%, depending on their profession. Furthermore, their smoking status impacts how they deliver smoking cessation treatments. A randomised controlled pilot trial to compare the efficacy of combining music intervention with nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) with NRT alone in managing smoking craving among 50 healthcare professionals who smoke is proposed. Furthermore, given that the risk of relapse exceeds 50% in the first 12 months after quitting smoking and that this has harmful consequences for patients, this study also aims to identify predictors of successful cessation. In an ancillary study, the MUSICAT-BIO project, the association between successful cessation and both the gut microbiota and epigenetic regulation of BDNF is evaluated. Due to the limited available literature, a group of non-smoking volunteers is included in this study to enable comparison of the gut microbiota and BDNF epigenetic regulation between: 1) smokers and non-smokers; 2) abstinent and active smokers; and 3) abstinent smokers and non-smokers.