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The Effectiveness of Guided Imagery for a Nonprofit's Employees

F

FrontLine Service

Status

Completed

Conditions

Focus of Study
Stress

Treatments

Behavioral: Guided Imagery

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

NCT02191345
MD002265
IRB-2014-743 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Primary Aim A. To determine if listening to prerecorded guided imagery 3 times per week for 4 weeks will reduce state anxiety, perceived stress, burnout, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma in Fronltine Service staff.

Primary Aim B. To determine if staff will continue to listen to guided imagery after the first 4 weeks of the study is over.

Full description

The purpose of this study is to compare the change in stress levels of employees who listen to prerecorded guided imagery to employees who take breaks, and to determine if employees are likely to adopt prerecorded guided imagery as a self-care tool.

Participants will be randomly assigned to either the guided imagery group or the control group. Members of the control group will be asked to take a 10 minute break 3 times per week for 4 weeks. Members of the guided imagery group will be asked to listen to one prerecorded guided imagery track 3 times per week for 4 weeks. All participants will fill out questionnaires before and after the 4 week period. All participants will fill out a short form before and after listening to each guided imagery, or before and after taking each break.

Phase 2: After phase 1 is complete, all participants will have the option to participate in phase 2 of the study. During phase 2, participants will receive a calendar and put a mark on every day that they listen to a guided imagery track. At the end of 4 weeks, participants will turn in the calendar.

Enrollment

69 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Staff of a nonprofit who work a minimum of three shifts per week
  • Willing and able to use about 8-15 minutes of their lunch hours three times per week for for four weeks for the study

Exclusion criteria

  • Staff members will be excluded from the study if they currently listen to guided imagery
  • Those currently experiencing drug or alcohol abuse, suicidal ideation, or other serious mental health issue while not under the care of a trained mental health professional will also be excluded

Trial design

Primary purpose

Other

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

69 participants in 2 patient groups

10 minute break
No Intervention group
Description:
Participants asked to take a 10 minute break as usual 3 times per week for 4 weeks
Guided Imagery
Experimental group
Description:
Participants listen to one of 6 pre-recorded guided imagery tracks 3 times per week for 4 weeks
Treatment:
Behavioral: Guided Imagery

Trial contacts and locations

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