Mindfulness for Medical Students

NCT03614390 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: CUHK-mind
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 24
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Burnout is common among medical students. Previous studies had shown that mindfulness based interventions may improve burnout and quality of life in medical students. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) is one of the most often used mindfulness based interventions. Medical students in the Chinese University of Hong Kong are invited to a MBCT on voluntary basis. They will be asked to fill in questionnaire that measures burnout, depression/anxiety, quality of life, and mindfulness at beginning and end of the MBCT. The pre-group and post-group data will be compared and analysed

Conditions

Mindfulness; Burnout, Professional

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)

  The validated Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is a 22-item questionnaire that assesses three aspects of professional burnout syndrome which includes emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and lack of personal accomplishment. It is widely used in research and has been widely used in studies about medical student well-being. In the scale, burnout is conceptualized as a continuous construct and participant is asked to rate their job related feelings using a 7-point Likert scale ranging from "never" to "everyday". A high degree of burnout is defined as a respondent who scores low on the Personal Accomplishment subscale but high in the Emotional Exhaustion and Depersonalization subscales of the instrument

  8 weeks (before and after MBCT; after 8 weekly sessions)

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• 21-item Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21)

  8 weeks (before and after MBCT; after 8 weekly sessions)

• the World Health Organization Quality of Life Assessment (WHOQOL-BREF)

  8 weeks (before and after MBCT; after 8 weekly sessions)

• Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ)

  8 weeks (before and after MBCT; after 8 weekly sessions)

Study Arms (1)

MBCT group

OTHER

There is only 1 arm in the study. The MBCT will be conducted according to the treatment manual. The program consists of eight weekly sessions. In between sessions, participants are advised to practice mindfulness meditations for 40-50 minutes every day. The teachers of the program will teach on voluntary basis. The teachers must have attended the 1-year foundation course to teach mindfulness (available in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong), regular mindfulness practice and must have at least yearly mindfulness retreat. This is in accordance to the good practice guidelines developed in the UK for mindfulness teachers

Behavioral: mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT)

Interventions

mindfulness based cognitive therapy (MBCT) BEHAVIORAL

a well described and structured intervention, which is published previously. The psychoeducation materials in the MBCT will be titrated to discuss about low mood and burnout

MBCT group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Medical students studying in Chinese University of Hong Kong

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Chinese University of Hong Kong: lead

Study Sites (1)

Lek Yuen Clinic

Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Professional

Interventions

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Burnout, Psychological; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mindfulness; Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; Behavior Therapy; Psychotherapy; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Clinical assistant professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 31, 2018
• First Posted: August 3, 2018
• Study Start: September 7, 2018
• Primary Completion: October 26, 2018
• Study Completion: January 28, 2019
• Last Updated: February 4, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-01

Locations

HK (1)