Effect of Four-Week Wellness Program on Work Engagement Burnout and Sleep in a Healthcare Organization (WEBS)

NCT06779526 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: [2126338-4]
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 117
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if having a 4-week heartfulness meditation program in a healthcare organization would

1. 1.decrease burnout
2. 2.improve sleep and work engagement.

Conditions

Sleep; Burnout; Work Engagement

Keywords

heartfulness; meditation; work enagement; sleep; burnout

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Sleep

  The Bergen Insomnia Scale (BIS) was measured prior to enrollment, at the four-week time point after the first half of the study, and at the end of the study period at 8 weeks for both the groups. The BIS contains six questions relating to sleep and tiredness, and it is scaled based on the number of days per week that participants are experiencing symptoms. 0 means no days during the course of a week, and 7 indicates every day of the week.

  From intervention to end of intervention at 4 weeks for each group

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Work engagement

  From intervention to end of intervention at 4 weeks for each group

• Burnout

  From intervention to end of intervention at 4 weeks for each group

Study Arms (2)

Intervention Arm

EXPERIMENTAL

Comprised of receiving an orientation session regarding the study, attending at least once weekly didactic sessions on Zoom and participating in morning and evening meditation for ten to fifteen minutes daily. A weekly, live online session for 4 weeks consists of 30 minutes of didactics, comprising of a 10 minute introductory talk on a module of meditation, followed by 20 minutes of guided meditation. Participants provided with materials such as guided audio clips to independently follow heartfulness practices (meditation, rejuvenation, and bed-time relaxation) for 20 minutes each day for 4 weeks: 10 minutes Heartfulness meditation in the morning and 10 minutes in the evening before sleeping Email reminders were sent weekly containing audio recordings for guided meditation sessions. All study activities were virtual.

Other: Heartfulness Meditation

Control arm

NO INTERVENTION

The control group would not be undergoing any intervention.

Interventions

Heartfulness Meditation OTHER

Receiving an orientation session regarding the study, attending once weekly didactic sessions on Zoom for Heartfulness Meditation, and participating in morning and evening meditation for ten to fifteen minutes daily either by themselves or along with the trainer.

Intervention Arm

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Age above 18 and willing to participate
• Able to understand the English language as the instructions were in English

You may not qualify if:

• Not able to understand English language

Sponsors & Collaborators

• WellSpan Health: lead

Study Sites (1)

WellSpan Health

York, Pennsylvania, 17403, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: INVESTIGATOR, OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: The demographic data that is collected from the participants will never be available for the PI/co-investigators to see. It will be secure in a password-protected file, and at the end of the study, the data will be de-identified prior to data analysis. Any information that will be collected from participants will be done so during the screening/intake process. If the participant decides to leave the study, the work email address along with all the information will be deleted from the file. Steps taken to make the subjects feel at ease with the process include informing them during intake about all the specific steps involved ahead of time, so they know what to expect. With regards to the didactic sessions, it will be conducted in Webinar mode, which will protect the names and privacy of the participants from one another. After that, participants will not know the other people who are participating. The repeat questionnaires that are sent to the participants will be directly
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Academic Hospitalist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 11, 2025
• First Posted: January 16, 2025
• Study Start: May 8, 2024
• Primary Completion: August 8, 2024
• Study Completion: August 31, 2024
• Last Updated: January 16, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)