Mindfulness With Biofeedback

Summary

The purpose of this research study is to determine if using HeartMath's biofeedback with emWave Pro daily mindfulness practice: is a practical and effective intervention to improve job satisfaction and performance of physicians, advance practice clinicians, and nurses; improves patient satisfaction; and affects resting blood pressure and heart rate when comparing baseline to follow-up measures.

Conditions

• Mindfulness Training

Interventions

DEVICE

HeartMath EmWAVE Pro

The following information will be recorded about HeartMath use: Self-report: adherence (whether the daily session was completed), coherence score, any comments/notes about the daily session From the application: coherence ratio, coherence score, achievement score, session time, average heart rate

OTHER

Questionnaires

All participants will complete questionnaires at baseline, week 6, and week 12 about demographics, job satisfaction, and job performance.

OTHER

Blood Pressure and Heart Rate

All participants will have blood pressure and heart rate collected at baseline, week 6, and week 12.

OTHER

Sick Days

Sick days during the 12 week study period will be collected

OTHER

Patient Satisfaction

This will include patients who complete the satisfaction survey for the 12 weeks prior to the study and during the 12 week study period. Each patient satisfaction survey is tied to a specific healthcare provider (physicians, Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP) \& Physician Assistants \[advance practice clinicians\], and nurses) and will be linked to the consented research participant.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Florida

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Frank Orlando, MD · University of Florida

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

89 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-06-30

Primary Completion

2017-03-31

Completion

2017-04-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations