Efficacy of a Mindfulness Program to Reduce Stress and Burnout in Professionals of Medicine and Nursing (MINDUUDD)

Luis A Perula

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burnout Syndrome; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Mindfulness and Mindful Self-Compassion

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03629457

MINDUUDD

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective is to check whether a training program in mindfulness and self-pity based on a 4-session intervention (abbreviated program) is as effective as the standard 8-session MBSR program in reducing work stress and burnout in tutors and residents of Medicine and Family and Community Nursing.

It is a controlled clinical trial, randomized by cluster, of three parallel arms, multicentric. Six teaching units (ratio 1: 1: 1) will be randomized to one of the three study groups: 1) Experimental Group-8 (EG8); 2) Experimental Group-4 (EG4); 3) Control group (CG).

At least 132 subjects will participate, 44 in the EG8, 44 in the EG4 and 44 in the CG.

The interventions will be based on the MBSR (Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction) program, to which some of the practices of the MSC (Mindful Self-Compassion) program will be added.

The EG8 intervention will be carried out during 8 weekly sessions of 2.5 hours, while the EG4 intervention will be of 4 sessions of 2.5 hours. The participants will have to practice at home for 30 minutes / day in the EG8 and 15 minutes / day in the EG4.

In the 3 groups the questionnaires FFMQ (mindfulness), SCS (self-pity), ordinal scale (0-10) and questionnaire PSQ (perceived stress) and MBI (burnout) will be passed. Empathy will also be measured, through the EEMJ, anxiety and depression disorders (EADG) and self-perceived health status.

Enrollment: 132 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Health professionals (doctors and nurses tutors and residents) assigned to 6 teaching units of family and community care, which are active.

Exclusion criteria

• That you have previously done a training course or workshop in mindfulness of at least 4 weeks.
• That during the field work they are in a situation of prolonged or long-term sick leave.
• Have mental disorders that discourage the intervention.
• That they do not give their informed consent to participate

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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132 participants in 3 patient groups

Intervention group 4s (mindfulness)

Experimental group

Description:

Abbreviated program of 4 weeks: will consist of 4 weekly sessions of 2 hours. Participants must practice at home for 15 minutes a day

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness and Mindful Self-Compassion

Intervention group 8s (mindfulness)

Experimental group

Description:

Program of 8 weeks: The format will be 8 weekly sessions of 2 hours. Participants must practice at home for 30 minutes a day

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness and Mindful Self-Compassion

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants will only receive a one-hour information session and will be invited to complete the questionnaires provided in two moments of the time (coinciding with the interventions in the experimental groups)