Spiritual Flow and Nurse Wellbeing

NCT04153656 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 19-022
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 39
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesize that wellbeing scores following the study of Spiritual Flow, when compared to taking the survey before receiving Spiritual Flow, will increase. Pre- and post-Spiritual Flow assessments will include wellbeing, nonstress, and positive affect scores. The investigators also hypothesize that several subjects will have found that Spiritual Flow increased their level of inspiration and peacefulness.

Conditions

Burnout, Professional

Keywords

Burnout; Nurse wellbeing; Physician burnout; Nurse burnout

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Wellbeing Inventory - Wellbeing score

  Change in wellbeing scores following the study of Spiritual Flow, when compared to taking the survey before receiving Spiritual Flow. The wellbeing score was the sum of the positive affect and nonstress scores (range 11-55).

  Up to 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Wellbeing Inventory - Nonstress score

  Up to 6 months

• St. Elizabeth Youngstown Hospital Wellbeing Inventory - Positive affect score

  Up to 6 months

Study Arms (1)

Nurses

OTHER

Subjects will be asked to commit to reading and studying Spiritual Flow.

Other: Reading and studying Spiritual Flow

Interventions

Reading and studying Spiritual Flow OTHER

The Wellbeing Inventory will be administered to subjects and they will be compensated upon completion of the survey. Two months after the first survey, the Wellbeing Inventory will be administered to subjects and they will be compensated upon completion of the survey.

Nurses

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Nurses (registered, practitioner, and anesthetist), employed at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Trauma Center, Mercy Health, will be welcomed to participate in the study.

You may not qualify if:

• Non-nurse employees of St. Elizabeth Youngstown Trauma Center, Mercy Health

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mercy Health Ohio: 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

Burnout, Professional; Burnout, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Stress, Psychological; 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: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 18, 2019
• First Posted: November 6, 2019
• Study Start: October 23, 2019
• Primary Completion: September 1, 2022
• Study Completion: September 1, 2022
• Last Updated: March 17, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Time Frame: Data will become available starting 6 months after publication
• Access Criteria: Data will be provided upon request by emailing the principal investigator

Locations

US (1)