Modified Interactive Screening Program Plus MINDBODYSTRONG: A Mental Health Resiliency Intervention for Nurses

The Ohio State University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Suicide Threat; Burnout, Professional; Depression

Treatments: Behavioral: MINDBODYSTRONG™

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05582343

TBT-2-007-21 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

2021B0417

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of an intervention designed to prevent nurse suicide. This randomized controlled trial will test the modified Interactive Screening Program (mISP) alone and the mISP combined with a program called MINDBODYSTRONG.

The mISP is a method of screening to detect clinicians at moderate to high risk for suicide and referring them for treatment through an encrypted anonymous on-line platform. MINDBODYSTRONG© is an adaptation of a well-tested cognitive-behavioral skills building intervention (also known as COPE in the literature) that provides a cognitive-behavior theory-based approach to decrease depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation and improve healthy lifestyle beliefs and behaviors in at-risk populations. MINDBODYSTRONG© will involve eight self-paced computerized sessions designed specifically for nurses and clinicians. Nurses will be recruited nationally through the professional nursing organizations and health systems.

Full description

The study will be the first to test the combination of the mISP with a new on-line digitalized version of the previously tested manualized version of the CBSB program (i.e., MINDBODYSTRONG©) for nurses. If found to be effective, the combined program will be able to be easily scaled to prevent suicide in nurses and potentially other high-risk populations of clinicians. Although CBT is gold standard evidence-based treatment for depression, only a small percentage of affected individuals receive it due to a shortage of mental health providers, which contributes to high depression relapse rates of 50 to 70%. A scalable digitalized intervention could be one key solution to bringing CBT skills to nurses at risk for suicide who could so benefit from them. This randomized controlled trial (RCT) will determine the effects of the mISP, this adaptation of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention's (AFSP) Interactive Screening program (ISP), combined with the on-line version of the MINDBODYSTRONG© program versus the HEAR program alone on depression, suicidal ideation, burnout, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, healthy lifestyle beliefs, healthy lifestyle behaviors, and job satisfaction in U.S. nurses.

Enrollment: 849 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• self-identify as a registered nurse
• identified as moderate to high risk of suicide by the mISP-specific interactive screening program assignment

Exclusion criteria

• low risk of suicide by the mISP-specific interactive screening program assignment
• under the age of 18 years
• prior participation in MINDBODYSTRONG
• prior participation in this study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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849 participants in 2 patient groups

mISP

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants who are identified as having moderate to high risk of suicide, as identified by suicide risk on the ISP, will be contacted by a mental health counselor who will engage them through the mISP encrypted interface online. The mental health counselor will offer counseling online through encryption or on the phone. Where indicated, the mental health counselor will provide the crisis hotline, and encourage participants to use their insurance provider and/or Employee Assistance Program to obtain treatment. The mental health counselor will offer to help with referrals and will bridge high-risk participants into treatment. Participants who are not identified as having moderate to high risk of suicide will be thanked for their time.

mISP plus MINDSTRONG

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants identified as having a moderate to high risk of suicide based on ISP screening will then be randomized. Participants randomized to the MINDBODYSTRONG© program (intervention) will receive the 8-session online interactive program. Reminders will be sent weekly to complete the next MINDBODYSTRONG© session and a MINDBODYSTRONG© trained coach will check in with participants by phone at baseline, weeks 3 and 5 of the on-line program to reinforce key program concepts and assess whether participants are completing the weekly skills building activities. Nurses assigned to the control group will only receive the mISP alone (aforementioned) and will be contacted for follow-up surveys.

Treatment:

Behavioral: MINDBODYSTRONG™