Effectiveness of Mindfulness Protocols Among OT Students

NCT06230874 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HuntingtonU
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The research will study the effectiveness of mindfulness protocols for OT students to decrease stress and re-engage in meaningful occupations after becoming disengaged.

Conditions

Mindfulness Protocols

Keywords

Mindfulness; Stress; Engagement; Student; Occupation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)

  The PSS is a questionnaire composed of 10 questions to assess perceptions of stress and the degree to which one perceives life situations as stressful. Literature supports the PSS as a valid and reliable assessment of perceived stress of university students.

  Through study completion, up to two weeks

• Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced (COPE) Inventory

  The COPE is self-report instrument composed of 60 questions to assess people's stress responses. For this study, we will use the behavioral disengagement and mental disengagement scales to measure the participants' response to stress prior to and following the intervention period.

  Through study completion, up to two weeks

• Protocol Checklist

  Each protocol (HOME Protocol and Control Journaling Protocol) has a checklist that is embedded in the protocol measures the student's perceived level of stress, engagement, challenge, and meaning of the activity that they disengage from. Four Likert rating scales (0 representing the lowest score and 10 representing the highest score) are embedded in the first minute and final minute of the protocol to record students' self-assessments pre and post intervention in the following areas: stress, engagement, challenge, and meaning. By the 4th week of the intervention the student participants are most likely to have learned to use their respective protocols; therefore, the study will utilize only week 4 protocol data to determine between group and within group differences of the stress and engagement scale change scores immediately following use of the protocols.

  Week 4 Data

Study Arms (2)

HOME Protocol

EXPERIMENTAL

Will receive the HOME Protocol Intervention

Behavioral: HOME Protocol

Control Journaling Protocol

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Will receive the Control Journaling Protocol

Behavioral: Control Journaling Protocol

Interventions

HOME Protocol BEHAVIORAL

The HOME Protocol is a newly developed nine-minute mindfulness and engagement protocol designed to decrease stress and to promote re-engagement in meaningful occupations of daily life by applying mindfulness strategies in a specific, timed format. The protocol requires special training for students: a) to recognize times of disengagement in occupations, and b) to learn how to apply specific mindfulness strategies to increase re-engagement in meaningful occupations. Five components of the HOME Protocol include Reflect (1 minute of self-reflection and self-talk), Reset (2 minutes for breathing with stillness/silence and body check), Reach (3 minutes for stretching and progressive muscular relaxation), Renew (2 minutes for breathing with meditation/gratitude), and Re-engage (1 minute for self-reflection and self-talk).

HOME Protocol

Control Journaling Protocol BEHAVIORAL

The control journaling protocol is a nine-minute mindfulness and engagement protocol designed to decrease stress and to promote re-engagement in meaningful occupations of daily life by applying mindfulness self-talk and journaling strategies in a specific, timed format. The protocol requires special training for students: a) to recognize times of disengagement in occupations, and b) to learn how to apply specific mindfulness strategies to increase re-engagement in meaningful occupations. Three components of the control journaling protocol include Reflect (1 minute of self-reflection and self-talk), Write (journaling), and Re-engage (1 minute for self-reflection and self-talk).

Control Journaling Protocol

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• years or older
• Currently in an accredited entry-level graduate OT program in the continental United States
• Must complete pre and post assessments.
• Must complete a one-time 1-1.5-hour virtual mindfulness training.
• Must utilize the mindfulness research protocol for at least once a week for a four-week period.

You may not qualify if:

• Under 18 years
• Not enrolled in an accredited entry-level graduate OT program in the continental US.
• Must complete pre and post assessments.
• Must complete a one-time 1-1.5-hour virtual mindfulness training
• Must utilize research protocol at least once a week for a four-week period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Jeanne Sowers: lead

Study Sites (1)

Huntington University

Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46805, United States

Location

Related Publications (6)

• Gerig, L., Henton, P., Butterweck, M., Swider, J., Cameron, L., Marihugh, K., & Close, K. (2023). Stress, Mindfulness and Occupational Engagement: A Pilot Study of the HOME Protocol. Journal of Occupational Therapy Education, 7 (2). https://doi.org/10.26681/jote.2023.070204

  BACKGROUND

• Carver CS, Scheier MF, Weintraub JK. Assessing coping strategies: a theoretically based approach. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1989 Feb;56(2):267-83. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.56.2.267.

  PMID: 2926629 BACKGROUND

• Cohen S, Kamarck T, Mermelstein R. A global measure of perceived stress. J Health Soc Behav. 1983 Dec;24(4):385-96. No abstract available.

  PMID: 6668417 BACKGROUND

• Cohen, S., & Williamson, G. (1988). Perceived stress in a probability sample of the United States. In S. Spacapam & S. Oskamp (Eds.) The Social Psychology of Health (pp. 31-67). Sage Publications.

  BACKGROUND

• Lee EH. Review of the psychometric evidence of the perceived stress scale. Asian Nurs Res (Korean Soc Nurs Sci). 2012 Dec;6(4):121-7. doi: 10.1016/j.anr.2012.08.004. Epub 2012 Sep 18.

  PMID: 25031113 BACKGROUND

• Roberti, J. W., Harrington, L. N., & Storch, E. A. (2006). Further psychometric support for the 10-item version of the Perceived Stress Scale. Journal of College Counseling, 9(2), 135-147. https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2161-1882.2006.tb00100.x

  BACKGROUND

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Masking Details: Individual participants will only have knowledge of their own intervention protocol. The investigators will be blinded to the randomization process and will not have knowledge of the interventions assigned to individual participants.
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Program Director

Model Details: Study participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups in parallel for the duration of the study.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 19, 2024
• First Posted: January 30, 2024
• Study Start: January 31, 2024
• Primary Completion: March 18, 2024
• Study Completion: April 16, 2024
• Last Updated: October 8, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)