Making Resident Well-Being a (Virtual) Reality

NYU Langone Health

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Mental Health

Treatments: Other: Guided Mediation Virtual Reality App

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05395221

21-01719

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is a prospective cross-over trial examining the effect of virtual reality assisted meditation on resident reported well-being using validated scoring systems. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual reality guided meditation as a mechanism to improve plastic surgery resident well-being. The secondary objective is to assess resident likeliness to continue mindful meditation following completion of the study.

Full description

All plastic surgery residents participating will spend three months with access to virtual reality assisted meditation and three months without access to this technology. Assessment scores will be taken before and after the first three month period, and then again following the second three month period.

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Current resident of NYU Langone Plastic Surgery (Academic Year 2022-2023)
• Consent to participation in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Any plastic surgery resident involved in conducting the study
• Any non-plastic surgery resident during the academic year 2022-2023
• Any plastic surgery resident choosing not to participate in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Virtual Reality Assisted Meditation+ no intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

The first cohort will undergo weekly virtual reality guided meditations across a three-month rotation using the Guided Mediation Virtual Reality App available on the Oculus Quest 2 Virtual Reality system (Oculus, Menlo Park, CA). After completion of the three-month time span, residents will receive no intervention during the second three-month study period. . A post-study survey will be completed to assess for various parameters including residents desire for continuation of virtual reality guided meditation following completion of the survey, subjective value of virtual reality as a tool for burnout, and likeliness to recommend virtual reality guided meditation to a colleague.

Treatment:

Other: Guided Mediation Virtual Reality App

No intervention + Virtual Reality Assisted Meditation group

Experimental group

Description:

The second cohort will receive no intervention during the three-month block. After completion of the three-month time span, residents will take a follow-up MBI and then will cross over to the opposite group. After completion of the second three-month study period, an additional MBI will be completed by the residents.. A post-study survey will be completed to assess for various parameters including residents desire for continuation of virtual reality guided meditation following completion of the survey, subjective value of virtual reality as a tool for burnout, and likeliness to recommend virtual reality guided meditation to a colleague.

Treatment:

Other: Guided Mediation Virtual Reality App