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Floatation Experience in Nurses and Physicians

NCT05977894 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2025-05-08

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Summary

The goal of this observational study is to monitor the floatation experience and continue the program as long as deemed important. The main question it aims to answer is: will inventory wellbeing scores increase according to the number of floatation sessions accrued? Nurses (registered, practitioner, and anesthetist) and physicians, employed at St. Elizabeth Youngstown Trauma Center, Mercy Health, will be welcomed to participate in the floatation experience. Participants will be given an option to complete the Wellbeing Inventory survey prior to each floatation session.

Conditions

  • Burnout, Professional
  • Negative Affect
  • Positive Affect
  • Wellbeing
  • Burnout
  • Psychological

Interventions

OTHER

Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy

During floatation-REST (Reduced Environmental Stimulation Therapy), the participant enters a tank that is approximately 5 feet wide, 7 feet long and 5 feet high. The tank is filled with a 10 inch height of water containing enough Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) to create body buoyancy. The water temperature is 93.5 degrees F, an approximate equivalent for normal skin temperature. Ear plugs are used to mitigate sound and the tank is without light illumination to prevent visual stimulation. The sessions are typically 60 minutes in duration. The individual is "Floating-in Solitude, Darkness, Silence, and Thermal-Neutrality." This experience reduces external sensory nervous system input and creates an extraordinarily deep state of mental and physical relaxation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Mercy Health Ohio

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • C. Michael Dunham, MD · Mercy Health Ohio

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-10-28
Primary Completion
2026-05-05
Completion
2026-05-05

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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