Mindfulness Rounds Initiative - A Short Mindfulness-Based Program for A Busy Workplace

NCT04282733 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: GCO 19-1849
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 34
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

An 8 week course of mindfulness education and practices will be presented to all staff, patients, and visitors voluntarily attending the thrice weekly presentations. The goal is to reduce staff stress, improve communication, enhance patient satisfaction, and improve quality of care.

Conditions

Healthcare Practitioner Stress; Patient Satisfaction

Keywords

Mindfulness; Stress; pain scores; patient satisfaction; Perceived Stress Scale; MBSR

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Pain scores

  Patient pain scores are routinely collected by Nursing and entered into the electronic medical record (EMR). Full pain scale from 0-10, higher score indicates more pain.

  1-3 months pre-intervention, 1-3 months post-intervention

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Discharge time

  1-3 months pre-intervention, 1-3 months post-intervention

• Change in Narcotic usage

  1-3 months pre-intervention, 1-3 months post-intervention

• Change in Patient Satisfaction survey

  1-3 months pre-intervention, 1-3 months post-intervention

• Change in Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) survey

  Within 1 month prior to intervention, within one month post the intervention.

• Change in number of Staff sick days

  1-3 months pre-intervention, 1-3 months post-intervention

Study Arms (2)

Mindfulness Rounds

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants will be exposed to thrice weekly Mindfulness Rounds education on the Unit; participation in the actual sessions is voluntary.

Behavioral: Mindfulness Rounds

Control

NO INTERVENTION

No intervention will take place on this Unit

Interventions

Mindfulness Rounds BEHAVIORAL

Throughout the 8-week study period, a different mindfulness practice will be introduced weekly in 3 separate 15-minute live sessions. Posters describing the particular "practice of the week" will be placed around the Unit as visual reminders to encourage actual practice.

Mindfulness Rounds

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• \- Employees on the Units

You may not qualify if:

• \- none

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai: lead

Study Sites (1)

Mount Sinai Hospital

New York, New York, 10029, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Patient Satisfaction

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Treatment Adherence and Compliance; Health Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Jeffrey Zahn, MD

  Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: The participants are staff on two hospital units tending to the same patient population with the same policies and protocols - postpartum patients. One unit will have the Mindfulness Rounds Initiative as the intervention, the other will not. Both units will be evaluated against each other, and against themselves in a pre-/post- design.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 21, 2020
• First Posted: February 25, 2020
• Study Start: March 18, 2021
• Primary Completion: May 12, 2021
• Study Completion: May 12, 2021
• Last Updated: February 1, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)