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A Self-directed Mobile Mindfulness Intervention to Address Distress and Burnout in Frontline Healthcare Workers

NCT04816708 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2024-02-22

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Summary

This is a pilot randomized waitlist control trial assessing if the feasibility of using a mobile mindfulness app to treat emotional distress and burnout amongst nurses taking care of COVID-19 patients. This trial will help inform the study team if dissemination the intervention to a large number of nurses in a short time period is feasible, and if the intervention has evidence of a clinical impact.

Conditions

  • Emotional Distress
  • Burnout, Professional
  • Stress, Job
  • Anxiety
  • Depressive Symptoms

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

LIFT Mindfulness

Mindfulness is a type of mind-body therapy that promotes a practice of non-judgmental awareness that can alleviate distress by uncoupling emotional reactions and habitual behavior from unpleasant symptoms, thoughts, and emotions. LIFT is a mobile mindfulness app which can assess levels of emotional distress via survey, and subsequently offer mindfulness content that has previously been used in ICU patients, where it was shown to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and PTSD.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Christopher Cox, MD · Duke University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-05-19
Primary Completion
2022-01-30
Completion
2022-02-04

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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