Mindfulness in the OR

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Performance at Work

Treatments: Behavioral: Video; Behavioral: Mindfulness

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04515667

HM20018279

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to understand the effect of a short mindfulness video on self perceived performance in the OR. Specifically, assessing the effectiveness of brief mindfulness intervention on physician focus, anxiety and perceived performance at the time of a procedure through a survey containing a modified flow state scale and modified applied mindfulness process scale

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• practicing physicians or medical trainees
• employed in a hospital setting
• providing surgeries in an operating room setting.

Exclusion criteria

• practitioners involved in counseling roles

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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39 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Mindfulness

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Video