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Belongingness in Nursing Through Mindfulness - BEING Mindful: A Pilot Study

NCT06866288 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 32

Last updated 2025-11-10

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The long-term goal of this study is to develop a mindfulness-based intervention (MBI) program to reduce stress and burnout while increasing belongingness and connectedness among faculty and staff at the University of New Mexico (UNM) College of Nursing (CON).

The central hypothesis is that the MBI intervention will improve psychosocial outcomes (sense of belonging) and physiological outcomes (heart rate variability, HRV) among CON faculty and staff. The specific aims are to:

Aim 1: Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of MBIs (meditation or yoga) through participant interviews, recruitment, retention, and adherence rates.

Aim 2: Assess the preliminary effects of MBIs on psychosocial (burnout, stress, anxiety, sense of belonging) and physiological (HRV) outcomes. The hypothesis predicts improvements in both psychosocial and physiological measures post-intervention.

Researchers will compare meditation to yoga to see if one improves psychosocial and physiological outcomes better that the other.

Participants will be asked to:

* participate in meditation or yoga two times per week
* complete surveys
* use an app on their phone to answer short surveys
* wear a smart device

Conditions

  • Mindfulness
  • Sense of Belonging

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Meditation

Each person will participate in seated meditation, then walking meditation, then return to seated meditation.

BEHAVIORAL

Yoga

Each person will participate in a yoga sessions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of New Mexico

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sharon Ruyak · UNM HSC

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-04-29
Primary Completion
2025-10-14
Completion
2025-10-14

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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