Impact of a Bespoke Mindfulness Intervention for Registered Dietitians on Resilience, Burnout and Stress

University of Nottingham

Status

Completed

Conditions

Resilience, Psychological

Burnout, Professional

Stress, Psychological

Treatments

Behavioral: Mindfulness based intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT07155512

FMHS 70-1123

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this randomised control trial is to find out whether a mindfulness based intervention can improve mental well-being for Registered Dietitians (RD) in the UK. The main question it aims to answer is:

Can a mindfulness based intervention improve resilience amongst UK RDs?

Can a mindfulness based intervention reduce stress and burnout amongst UK RDs?

Researchers will compare participants who attend a structured mindfulness based intervention with a waitlist control group to see if there is a difference in outcome measures between the groups before the intervention, immediately after, 3 months after and 6 months after.

Participants in the intervention group will be invited to an online mindfulness course that was written especially for this study. Participants in both groups will be asked to complete surveys before the intervention, immediately after, 3 months after and 6 months after. Participants in the intervention group will also be invited to participate in a one to one interview to discuss their experiences, barriers and facilitators to mindfulness in dietetic practice.

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

A Registered Dietitian currently practicing in the UK
Willing and able to participate in 4 x 50 minute CPD sessions relating to mindfulness in dietetic practice (one session per week)
Willing and able to complete all of the surveys (pre-intervention, immediately post, 3 months post and 6 months post intervention)

Exclusion criteria