Happy Nurse Project: Lifestyle Interventions to Maintain Healthy Mental State in Hospital Nurses

Summary

The study is to explore the effectiveness of omega-3 fatty acids and mindfulness-based stress management program to maintain healthy mental state in hospital nurses. The participants will be junior nurses who work in inpatient wards and are not clinically depressed. The participants will be randomly allocated to four intervention arms: 1) Mindfulness-based stress management program plus omega-3 fatty acids pills ; 2) Mindfulness-based stress management program plus placebo pills; 3) Psychoeducation leaflet plus omega-3 fatty acids pills; and 4) Psychoeducation leaflet plus placebo pills. Thirty participants will be allocated to each arm. These interventions will terminate until three months from registration for each participant.

Information about depression and anxiety symptoms (primary outcome), insomnia, burnout, presenteeism, quality of life, sick leave, consultation about mental state of herself, and oxidative stress will be collected at 3 months, 6 months (primary time point) and 12 months from registration for each participant.

Conditions

• Depressive Disorder
• Anxiety Disorders

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness-based stress management program

Mindfulness-based stress management program will be conducted by senior nurses in four individual sessions within these three months. Senior nurses have taken a 7-hour workshop including lectures and role-playing sessions. The detailed manual and videos including lectures will be provided to the senior nurses.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Omega-3 fatty acids pills

Omega-3 fatty acids pills will include 1200 mg of eicosapentaenoic acid and 600 mg of docosahexaenoic acid per day.

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducation leaflet

Psychoeducation leaflet will include information about screening of stress, sleep hygiene, relaxation, and a list of consultants about mental health.

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Placebo pills

Placebo pills will include rapeseed oil, soybean oil, olive oil and fish oil.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Japan

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Norio Watanabe, MD, PhD · Kyoto University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

20 Years

Max Age

59 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-06-11

Primary Completion

2016-03-02

Completion

2016-09-06

Countries

• Japan

Study Locations