Nurse and Physician Stress Reduction: Learning Receptive Awareness Via EEG Feedback

NCT03152331 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 17-006
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 67
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a model of mindfulness and neurofeedback among physicians and nurses. Several hypotheses will be tested: 1) BIS values will decrease as the number of sessions increase, 2) wellbeing scores will increase as the number of learning sessions increase, 3) wellbeing scores will be associated with BIS values, and 4) different attentional states will have more or less influence on reducing the BIS value.

Conditions

Stress; Stress, Psychological; Electroencephalography

Keywords

Neurofeedback

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Bispectral Index Score (BIS)

  BIS values from baseline to end of study

  Up to 28 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Wellbeing surveillance tool

  Up to 28 weeks

• Likert value of each attentional state

  Up to 28 weeks

Study Arms (1)

Receptive Awareness Training

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Receptive Awareness Training

Interventions

Receptive Awareness Training BEHAVIORAL

Two 12-minute learning sessions will be conducted for each learning day. Separate instructions will be provided before session 1 and before session 2 to facilitate receptive awareness. The participant is seated in front of a BIS monitor and learns that the BIS number will decrease when in a state of receptive awareness. The trainee will learn to use attentional flexibility in daily activities and adopt willful attention (focal concentration) alternatively with receptive awareness (relaxed attention), as a situation dictates.

Receptive Awareness Training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Physicians (resident, attending, and assistant) at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
• Nurses (registered, practitioner, and anesthetist) at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital
• Individuals undergoing psychological or psychiatric counseling or those requiring psychoaffective medications

Sponsors & Collaborators

• C. Michael Dunham: lead
• St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

Youngstown, Ohio, 44501, United States

Location

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MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stress, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• C. Michael Dunham, MD

  St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Associate

Model Details: All participants will receive receptive awareness training with neurofeedback.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 1, 2017
• First Posted: May 15, 2017
• Study Start: May 22, 2017
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2018
• Study Completion: December 31, 2018
• Last Updated: March 8, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)