Effect of HeartMath Intervention on Stress, Emotional Vitality and Sense of Coherence

Damanhour University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Coherence Sense; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Heart Math program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06849388

HeartMath

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to investigate the effect of Heart math intervention program on stress, emotional vitality and sense of coherence among intensive care units Nurses

Full description

This study aims to investigate the effect of Heart math intervention program on stress, emotional vitality and sense of coherence among intensive care units Nurses.

The intervention was implemented in form of 2 sessions per week according to the following 7 sessions, each session about 45- 60 minutes.

Session (1)

Aims:

Introduce Heart Math definition of stress. Assess client's current stress level.

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1 : Stress What is stress? How stress affect health? How stressed are you? What can I do about it? Session (2) Aim: Introduce concept of heart coherence

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Heart Coherence How dose Heart Math work? How can I create and practice physiological coherence? The Quick Coherence Technique. Handout 2: Depletion to renewal plan. Session (3)

Aims:

Teach Heart-Focused Breathing and Quick Coherence Introduce personal practice plan to use for

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Heart-focused breathing. Handout 2: Quick coherence technique. Handout 3: Personal practice log. Session (4)

Aims:

Assess client's current anxiety level. Review this week's homework on Personal Practice Log. Review and practice Quick Coherence Technique. Teach Heart Lock-In Technique.

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Anxiety Checklist. Handout 2: Quick Coherence Technique. Handout 3: Heart Lock-In Technique. Handout 3: Personal Practice Log. Session (5)

Aims:

Review this week's homework on Personal Practice Log. Review Heart-Focused Breathing and Quick Coherence Techniques. Review and practice. Heart Lock-In Technique. Teach Freeze Frame Technique.

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Heart Lock-In Technique. Handout 2: Freeze Frame Technique. Session (6)

Aims:

Review this week's homework on Personal Practice Log. Review Heart Lock-In and Freeze Frame Techniques. Teach Attitude Breathing Technique.

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Personal Practice Log. Handout 2: Freeze Frame Technique. Handout 3: Attitude Breathing Technique. Session (7)

Aims:

Review this week's homework on Attitude Breathing Technique. Teach Coherence Communication Technique.

Handouts for patients:

Handout 1: Attitude Breathing Technique. Handout 2: Coherent Communication Technique.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nurses who work in selected intensive care units and agree to participate

Exclusion criteria

• Nurses who refuse to participate in this study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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120 participants in 2 patient groups

Heart Math group

Experimental group

Description:

Nurses will be included in heart math program

Treatment:

Behavioral: Heart Math program

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Nurses who will receive no intervention