Three Good Things 2020: a Brief Text-based Wellness Intervention

NCT04676698 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HUM00188399
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 223
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This trial will be open to all Michigan Medicine Department of Family Medicine faculty, resident, or staff. The intervention will consist of asking participants the "3 Good Things" based on positive psychology theory. Participants will be asked to list three things that went well that day and to consider their role in these outcomes. Pre and post surveys will be completed to evaluate this intervention. At the end of the trial the study team will also select a limited number of entries from participants to share some of the "good things" which people listed. These will be edited to ensure writer anonymity and participants will be informed of this plan in the study introduction.

Conditions

Job Related Stress

Keywords

Satisfaction; Depression

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS-SF) between the intervention and control group

  This is a 10 item survey to measure positive and negative affect. Responses include; very slightly or not at all, a little, quite a bit, and extremely. Higher scores of Positive Affect (PA) subscale represent higher positive affect higher scores of Negative affect (NA) subscale represent higher negative affect.

  Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (6)

• Change in self-reported physical health

  Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months

• Change in self-reported mental health

  Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months

• Change in Gratitude using the Gratitude Adjective Checklist (GAC)

  Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months

• Change in depression using the Patient Health Questionnaire 9-item (PHQ-9) score

  Pre-Treatment (baseline) to 6 months

• Change in Satisfaction with Life Questionnaire

  Pre-Treatment (baseline), up to 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Three Good Things

EXPERIMENTAL

Three times weekly for three weeks, participants will receive a text-based survey asking them to type or dictate "three good things."

Behavioral: Three Good Things

Waitlist Control Arm then Three Good Things

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Participants will have surveys in the waiting period for 3 months and then be crossed over to the treatment arm Three Good Things.

Behavioral: Wait list control arm and then Three Good Things

Interventions

Three Good Things BEHAVIORAL

The treatment phase will last 3 weeks. However, participants will complete surveys at baseline and up to 6 months. At the end of the trial the study team will also select a limited number of entries from participants to share some of the "good things" which people listed. These will be edited to ensure writer anonymity and participants will be informed of this plan in the study introduction.

Three Good Things

Wait list control arm and then Three Good Things BEHAVIORAL

Surveys will be completed for 3 months prior to treatment and then after treatment.

Waitlist Control Arm then Three Good Things

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Faculty, resident, or staff in the Michigan Medicine (MM) Department of Family Medicine

You may not qualify if:

• Not a member of Family Medicine at MM

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Michigan: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Occupational Stress; Personal Satisfaction; Depression

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Occupational Diseases; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Katherine Gold, MD

  University of Michigan

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 15, 2020
• First Posted: December 21, 2020
• Study Start: February 3, 2021
• Primary Completion: August 28, 2021
• Study Completion: August 28, 2021
• Last Updated: December 3, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)