Data-driven Approaches to Healthcare Provider Resilience & Burnout During COVID-19

Status: Terminated
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The United States is battling dual pandemics: healthcare provider (HCP) exhaustion and COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic death toll has surpassed 595,000 and continues to climb as the worldwide outbreak continues. Moreover, we have yet to understand the health impacts of long-COVID. As evidenced by the national burnout epidemic in HCPs, persistent workplace stress not only impacts personal provider wellbeing, but also influences effective practice and patient outcomes. To address this need, we propose a 4-year, multi-site, four-arm parallel-group randomized clinical trial (RCT) comparing 2 non-pharmacological interventions: Transcendental Meditation (TM) and Experience Resolution Methodology (ERM) to Treatment as Usual (TAU). Participation in this study lasts up to 24 months for enrolled participants and is considered minimal risks.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 18
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Full-time HCPs

• A score of \>= 5 on the Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS) at baseline visit.

• Willingness to address burnout symptoms by non-pharmacological means.

• Willingness to wear the provided wearable device (e.g., Apple, Empatica, and/or eSense) at the designated study visits and/or determined coaching sessions, as well as wear an Apple device, if eligible to receive an Apple watch, from baseline for the duration of the study (up to 24 months).

• Willingness to download the PatternHealth app on personal device.

Locations
United States
North Carolina
Duke University Medical Center
Durham
Time Frame
Start Date: 2022-02-21
Completion Date: 2023-03-12
Participants
Target number of participants: 212
Treatments
Experimental: Transcendental Medication (TM)
Transcendental Meditation (TM): a mind-body program that allows the participant to experience progressively quieter, less excited states of mental activity, with growing experience of restful alertness in mind and body.
Experimental: Experience Resolution Methodology (ERM)
Experience Resolution Methodology (ERM): is a specific, protocolized coaching method that aims to maximize an individual's performance, professional development and well-being by recognizing and resolving subjective stress associated with specific situations, circumstances, events or experiences.
Experimental: TM+ERM
Transcendental Meditation (TM) and Experience Resolution Methodology (ERM): an integrative method using both TM and ERM coaching with ERM with the aim of achieving an overall restful, alertness in mind and body and maximizing performance, professional development and well-being.
Active_comparator: Treatment As Usual (TAU)
Treatment As Usual (TAU): is the existing Duke Health \& Well-being services, such as the availability of acupuncture, integrative health coaching, integrative nutrition and weight management, personal exercise training, massage therapy, yoga therapy, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), experiencing mindfulness, group fitness classes, gentle yoga, or chair yoga, as well as additional resources such as Personal Assistance Services (PAS).
Authors
Patty Lee
Sponsors
Leads: Duke University

This content was sourced from clinicaltrials.gov