Data-driven Approaches to Healthcare Provider Resilience & Burnout During COVID-19

Summary

The United States is battling dual pandemics: healthcare provider (HCP) exhaustion and COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic death toll has surpassed 595,000 and continues to climb as the worldwide outbreak continues. Moreover, we have yet to understand the health impacts of "long-COVID". As evidenced by the national burnout epidemic in HCPs, persistent workplace stress not only impacts personal provider wellbeing, but also influences effective practice and patient outcomes.

To address this need, we propose a 4-year, multi-site, four-arm parallel-group randomized clinical trial (RCT) comparing 2 non-pharmacological interventions: Transcendental Meditation (TM) and Experience Resolution Methodology (ERM) to Treatment as Usual (TAU).

Participation in this study lasts up to 24 months for enrolled participants and is considered minimal risks.

Conditions

• Burnout, Professional
• Exhaustion, Caregiver
• Covid19

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Transcendental Meditation (TM)

TM is a mind-body program that allows the participant to experience progressively quieter, less excited states of mental activity, with growing experience of restful alertness in mind and body.

BEHAVIORAL

Experience Resolution Methodology (ERM)

ERM is a specific, protocolized coaching method that aims to maximize an individual's performance, professional development and well-being by recognizing and resolving subjective stress associated with specific situations, circumstances, events or experiences.

BEHAVIORAL

Transcendental Meditation (TM) and Experience Resolution Methodology (ERM)

TM + ERM is an integrative method using both TM and ERM coaching with ERM with the aim of achieving an overall restful, alertness in mind and body and maximizing performance, professional development and well-being.

BEHAVIORAL

Treatment As Usual (TAU)

TAU is the existing Duke Health \& Well-being services, such as the availability of acupuncture, integrative health coaching, integrative nutrition and weight management, personal exercise training, massage therapy, yoga therapy, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), experiencing mindfulness, group fitness classes, gentle yoga, or chair yoga, as well as additional resources such as Personal Assistance Services (PAS).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Duke University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Sangeeta Joshi, 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

2022-02-21

Primary Completion

2023-03-12

Completion

2023-03-12

Countries

• United States

Study Locations