Mindful Living With Stress for Nurses Caring for HIV/AIDS Patients in China

NCT02936310 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 16-001305
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 18
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The primary objective of this proposed one-year (January 01, 2017 to December 31,2017) project is to assess whether a mindfulness based intervention('Mindful Living With Stress') will be effective at helping nurses caring for HIV/AIDS patients in China to reduce stress. Based on the efficacy of previous studies in stress reduction, it is hypothesized that 'Mindful Living With Stress' will be an effective, feasible and affordable stress reduction program in China.

Conditions

Stress

Keywords

stress; mindfulness; Mindful Living With Stress Intervention; nurse; HIV/AIDS

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• stress assessed with a self-administrated questionnaire （Chinese Version of Perceived Stress Scale）

  At the pre- and post-intervention assessment, participants will complete self-administrated questionnaire on stress.

  nine month

• stress assessed with an in-depth interview

  At the post-intervention assessment,participants will be invited to attend an in-depth interview to give the feedback on the influence of MLWS intervention on living with stress.

  nine month

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• burnout assessed with a self-administrated questionnaire (Chinese Version of Maslach Burnout Inventory)

  nine month

• mindfulness assessed with a self-administrated questionnaire (Chinese Version of Five Facets Mindfulness Questionnaire)

  nine month

• anxiety assessed with a self-administrated questionnaire （State-Trait Anxiety Inventory）

  nine month

• depression assessed with a self-administrated questionnaire （Beck Depression Inventory）

  nine month

Study Arms (1)

mindfulness intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The proposed Mindful Living With Stress Intervention will be conducted weekly, 2 hours per session, 4-6 sessions, group based program in mindfulness.The proposed topics include: 1) mindfulness: dealing with stress in a new way, 2) mindful awareness of stress: listening to our body, 3) mindful working with thoughts, 4) mindful working with emotions, 5) mindful interactions, and 6) dealing with obstacles of mindful practices and wrap-up. Mindfulness practices embedded in the program will include mindfulness breathing meditation, sitting meditation, standing meditation, walking meditation, movement meditation (Taichi or Yoga), body scan meditation and daily life meditation. Data will be collected at pre-intervention (one week before the first session) and post-intervention (one week after the last session) to assess stress, burnout, mindfulness, anxiety,depression,the feedback on the MLWS intervention and the feedback on the influence of MLWS intervention.

Behavioral: Mindful Living With Stress

Interventions

Mindful Living With Stress BEHAVIORAL

The proposed Mindful Living With Stress Intervention will be conducted weekly, 2 hours per session, 4-6 sessions, group based program in mindfulness.

mindfulness intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• having a license to practice as a nurse in the People's Republic of China.
• being employed as a nurse in the AIDS department of the First Hospital of Changsha for at least 1 year.
• Chinese speaking.
• being at least 18 years old.

You may not qualify if:

• being other types of health care providers such as doctors, pharmacists, social workers.
• being a nursing supervisor or manager.
• The second step of the study: mindfulness intervention
• having a license to practice as a nurse in the People's Republic of China.
• being employed as a nurse in the AIDS department of the First Hospital of Changsha for at least 1 year.
• Chinese speaking.
• being at least 18 years old.
• being other types of health care providers such as doctors, pharmacists, social workers.
• being a nursing supervisor or manager.
• having attended in the focus group of this study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Central South University: lead
• University of California, Los Angeles: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

The First Hospital of Changsha

Changsha, Hunan, 410005, China

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

HIV Infections; Blood-Borne Infections; Communicable Diseases; Infections; Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Lentivirus Infections; Retroviridae Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Slow Virus Diseases; Genital Diseases; Urogenital Diseases; Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Chen Pan, M.D., Ph.D.

  Central South University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Chen Pan, M.D., Ph.D.

CONTACT

86-13357319516,424-535-7174; 758933968@qq.com

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dr.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 13, 2016
• First Posted: October 18, 2016
• Study Start: January 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2017
• Study Completion: December 1, 2017
• Last Updated: August 29, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

CN (1)