Randomized Controlled Trial of the Mindful Compassion Care Program in Reducing Psychological Distress Amongst Nurses During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Launched by UNIVERSITA DI VERONA · Apr 1, 2022

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ClinConnect Summary

This clinical trial is studying a program called the Mindful Compassion Care Program, which aims to help nurses who are experiencing high levels of stress and burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic. The trial will include 72 nurses who work in critical areas like intensive care and infectious disease units. To be eligible, nurses must have been employed for at least two years, have high emotional exhaustion scores, and not have participated in any mindfulness programs in the last six months.

Participants will be randomly divided into two groups: one group will receive the mindfulness program, while the other will not receive any special treatment during the study period. Researchers will measure how effective the program is in reducing feelings of exhaustion, anxiety, and other emotional challenges nurses face. This study is important because it aims to find a scientifically-backed way to support healthcare workers during these tough times, helping them feel better and perform their jobs more effectively.

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• To be included in the study, a participants will have to be:
• • a nurse employed at AOUI for the past two years;
• • working within intensive care units, infectious disease unit, pulmonary medicine and internal medicine units that have been converted to COVID-19 sub-intensive units;
• • scoring above the cut-off score for the Emotional Exhaustion sub-scale (EX) of the MBI-GS (equal to or greater than 2.20) in accordance with Italian norms
• Exclusion Criteria:
• Respondents will be excluded if they:
• • have participated in mindfulness-based interventions in the previous 6 months;
• • show a score \< 2.20 in the EX subscale of the MBI-GS;
• • are receiving psychosocial or psychiatric treatment. Participants allocated to the WL will be requested not to participate in a mindfulness course offered elsewhere.