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Impact of a Virtual Reality-based Mindfulness Program on Clinician Wellness

No phase Interventional Wellness, Psychological

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In plain language

An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: VR mindfulness.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Wellness, Psychological. Basic parameters: No limits · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
United States
Next step
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Overview

Burnout shares symptoms with anxiety and depression. While there is no single intervention for burnout, there are validated interventions (which are amenable to virtual reality (VR)) for anxiety and depression. UMassMemorial data from the Professional Well-Being Academic Consortium show that MD burnout and distress has increased since 2020. The investigators believe providing clinicians with a unique tool (VR) will be a feasible and efficacious way to tackle distress. It is known that only 1% of our MDs have done mindfulness training but nearly 50% are interested in doing so. Therefore, a self-administrable, interactive mindfulness program delivered over VR has great potential to reach clinicians who want to practice a more active form of mindfulness at a time convenient to them. The results of the study will provide preliminary evidence to determine if a take-home VR mindfulness program decreases clinician stress.

Detailed description

Cohorts 1 will be the intervention group Cohorts 2 will be the controls. Study endpoints include results from the following questionnaires:

1. PROMIS - Short Form Anxiety (8 questions) 2. PROMIS - Short Form Depression (8 questions) 3. Perceived Stress Scale (10 questions) 4. Connor-Davidson Brief Resilience Scale (10 questions) 5. System Usability Scale (10 questions)

The intervention is a 12-week mindfulness-based VR intervention.

Cohort 1 will complete the questionnaires 1-4 at baseline (just before the intervention). They will be sent twice weekly reminders to use the VR for the duration of the 12-week intervention. After 12 weeks Cohort 1 will retake questionnaires 1-4 and take questionnaire 5, while Cohort 2 will then take questionnaires 1-4 and be provided the VR headsets. After another 12 weeks, Cohort 1 will take questionnaires 1-4 and be done with the study, while Cohort 2 will take questionnaires 1-5. After 12 more weeks, Cohort 2 will take questionnaires 1-4 and be done with the study.

Interventions

  • Behavioral VR mindfulness
    VR-based mindfulness

Primary outcome measures

  • PROMIS - anxiety [Time frame: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the intervention group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.]
  • PROMIS - anxiety [Time frame: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the control group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.]
  • PROMIS - Depression [Time frame: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the intervention group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.]
  • PROMIS - Depression [Time frame: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the control group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.]
  • Resiliency [Time frame: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the intervention group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.]
  • Resiliency [Time frame: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the control group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.]
  • Stress scale [Time frame: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the intervention group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.]
  • Stress scale [Time frame: at baseline, after 12 weeks, then after another 12 weeks. We will compare results of the control group at 12 and 24 weeks to their baseline.]
  • Usability [Time frame: after 12 weeks we will dertermine the usability of the VR intervention in the intervention group]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • physician or APP employed by the Medical Group

Exclusion criteria

  • Not willing to receive 2 texts per week

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Open label
Primary purpose
Supportive care

Study locations

United States · 1 center
  • UMassMemorial Health Care — Worcester

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06246539 · 00001606

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗