Effect of HeartMath Intervention on Stress, Emotional Vitality and Sense of Coherence

NCT06849388 | Recruiting DMC

• 1 other identifier: HeartMath
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 120
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

This study aims to investigate the effect of Heart math intervention program on stress, emotional vitality and sense of coherence among intensive care units Nurses

Conditions

Stress; Coherence Sense

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Resilience Scale

  The Resilience Scale consisted of 25 items and a short version contained 14 items. The scale is a 7-point Likert type scale from 1 (Strongly disagree) to 7 (Strongly agree) for each item. Scores on the scale range from 14 to 98. The higher score indicates the ability to respond with resilience and lower score indicates lower resilience.

  over two months

• Personal and Organizational Quality Assessment

  It is a valid and reliable 52-item survey tool developed by the Heart Math Institute that assesses personal health, resiliency, and workplace factors impacting an organization's quality and effectiveness. It is composed of 4 primary scales (emotional vitality, organizational stress, emotional stress, and physical stress), which are further divided into 9 subscales. These scales assess elements that either enhance or impair work performance, health, well-being, and job satisfaction.

  over two months

• Sense of Coherence

  The Sense of Coherence scale measure the concept of sense of coherence. The short form of the Sense of Coherence scale consists of 13 items that comprise three components: comprehensibility (to which 5 items contribute), manageability (4 items), and meaningfulness (4 items). The respondents indicate agreement or disagreement on a 7-category semantic differential scale with two anchoring responses tailored to the content of each item. Five items (1, 2, 3, 5, and 7) are reversed before summing the total score. The total score can range from 13 to 91, and a higher score indicates higher coherence .

  over two months

Study Arms (2)

Heart Math group

EXPERIMENTAL

Nurses will be included in heart math program

Behavioral: Heart Math program

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Nurses who will receive no intervention

Interventions

Heart Math program BEHAVIORAL

Heart Math program is behavior intervention through several sessions

Heart Math group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Nurses who work in selected intensive care units and agree to participate

You may not qualify if:

• Nurses who refuse to participate in this study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Damanhour University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Faculty of Nursing

Damanhūr, Damanhour, 72027, Egypt

RECRUITING

Damanhour university

Damanhūr, Egypt

RECRUITING

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: the participant will be masked for the intervention
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: intervention group will used heart math intervention control group have no intervention

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 22, 2025
• First Posted: February 27, 2025
• Study Start: March 1, 2025
• Primary Completion: December 30, 2025
• Study Completion: December 30, 2025
• Last Updated: May 22, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-02

Locations

EG (2)