IBSR Meditation Technique for Teachers' Burnout

Tel Aviv Medical Center (TAMC)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burnout, Professional

Treatments: Other: Inquiry Based Stress Reduction (IBSR)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02455947

TelAvivMC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of Inquiry based stress reduction (IBSR) meditation technique on levels of burnout and wellbeing among teachers.

Full description

Teachers' burnout is a well-known phenomenon with personal and professional implications. The current study investigates the effect of inquiry based stress reduction (IBSR) technique on burnout and well-being among teachers.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 62 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All the teachers working in 'Begin' high-school, Rosh Hayin, Israel
• agreed to sign an informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

• Teachers with previous experience with IBSR technique

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Inquiry Based Stress Reduction (IBSR)

Experimental group

Description:

IBSR intervention is the clinical implementation of a mindful-process, named "The Work" developed by Byron Katie.It teaches the individual to identify and question the thoughts that causes stress and suffering through four questions and turnarounds.

Treatment:

Other: Inquiry Based Stress Reduction (IBSR)

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

A non interventional group/ The participants completed questionnaires before and after the intervention.