Inner Engineering Online (IEO) Intervention for a Specific Company Employee Program

Beth Israel Lahey Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Depression, Anxiety; Burnout; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Inner Engineering Online; Behavioral: Reading a book/ journal

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04126564

2019P000715

Details and patient eligibility

About

In this randomized controlled trial; differences in overall stress, burnout and wellbeing will be assessed for employees of a company participating in Inner Engineering Online, an online mind-body course that incorporates both meditation and yoga.

The study will be conducted in two phases, where in participants will be advised to practice meditation or read books.

Full description

The benign behavioral intervention involved is Inner Engineering Online (IEO), a mind-body course that incorporates meditation and yoga, as well as reading a book or journal of their choice.The subjects will be randomized into two groups after they agree to the participate in the study. The study will be conducted in 2 phases.

Phase 1: If they are in group 1, they will participate in IEO which includes practice of meditation & yoga daily for a minimum of 30 minutes and complete a IEO activity log for 30 days.They will be asked to complete a set of questionnaires at baseline and after 30 days.If they are in group 2, they are asked to read a book or journal of their choice for 30 minutes each day for the first 30 days and complete a reading log.

Phase 2: After they complete reading for 30 days, group 2 participants will now participate in IEO which includes practice of meditation & yoga daily for a minimum of 30 minutes and complete an IEO activity log for the next 30 days. They are asked to complete a set of questionnaires at baseline, 30 days, and at 60 days.

These questionnaires aim to assess for burnout, stress, and well-being. These include:

• Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey - 16 item questionnaire measuring burnout
• Perceived Stress Scale - 10 item questionnaire measuring stress
• Center for Epidemiology Studies depression Scale (CES-D) - 20 item questionnaire measuring depression
• Emotional Distress and Anxiety Short Form - 7 item questionnaire measuring anxiety
• Joy subscale of the Dispositional Positive Emotion Scale - 6 item questionnaire measuring happiness
• Mindful Attention Awareness Scale - 15 item questionnaire measuring mindfulness

Finally, participants of both the groups will be subjected to a 30 day follow-up surveys after a month of IEO completion. They will receive a set of previously administered questionnaire and a compliance survey at this point. Group 1 participants receive this survey at the 60 day time point while Group 2 participants receive it at 90 days.

Enrollment: 71 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Age>=18 years
2. Interest in Inner Engineering Online Program

Exclusion criteria

1. Low English Proficiency
2. Not currently residing in United States

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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71 participants in 2 patient groups

IEO Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

The Group 1 is the active study group which receives the online mindfulness intervention first.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Inner Engineering Online

Control Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Group 2 will be asked to read a book or journal of their choice for first 30 days, and then recieve online mindfulness intervention (IEO).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Reading a book/ journal

Behavioral: Inner Engineering Online