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Wellness Interventions for Compassion Fatigue (HSWellness Trial)

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Recruiting
Led By Pamela Hinds, PhD, RN
Research Sponsored by Children's National Research Institute
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 60 days before baseline, week 8 and week 16
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HSWellness Trial Summary

This trial will assess the impact of two interventions on nightshift health care workers' quality of life & errors.

Who is the study for?
This trial is for full-time nightshift nurses or those who regularly rotate to the nightshift. They must understand the study and consent process, and be scheduled for at least 2 weeks of nightshift during each study period. Day-only nurses are excluded.Check my eligibility
What is being tested?
The trial tests two wellness interventions: mindfulness with sleep hygiene (Arm A) and physical activity with sleep hygiene (Arm B), using a cross-over design to see which improves quality of life, reduces medication errors, enhances role-related meaning, and betters sleep quality.See study design
What are the potential side effects?
Since this trial involves non-medical interventions like exercise and mindfulness techniques, side effects may include typical exercise-related issues such as muscle soreness or fatigue from physical activities.

HSWellness Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~60 days before baseline, week 8 and week 16
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 60 days before baseline, week 8 and week 16 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Professional Quality of Life Scale, (ProQOL-21). The variable will be change in professional quality of life as measured by the Professional Quality of Life Scale, (ProQOL-21).
Secondary outcome measures
change in Role-Related Meaning
Other outcome measures
Change in Medication Error Administration
Change in the PROMIS Sleep Disturbance Measure
Change in the PROMIS Sleep-Related Impairment Measure (SRI)

HSWellness Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: Arm A, Study Period 1 (Mindfulness and Sleep Hygiene):Experimental Treatment1 Intervention
Immediately after the sleep hygiene content, the overview of the mindfulness intervention will be offered. All enrolled participants in Arm A, Study Period 1, will attend a 15 minute in-person "Introduction to Mindfulness" session after randomization.
Group II: Arm B, Study Period 1 (Physical Activity and Sleep Hygiene):Active Control1 Intervention
All enrolled participants in the inpatient units randomly assigned to Arm B during Study Period 1 will receive written guidelines about physical activity during the nightshift (please see Appendix V). These guidelines will instruct them to achieve the goal of up to 15 minutes of physical activity between midnight and 0500 each nightshift during the 8-week study period. Each enrolled participant will view a video with voice over of the study team physical therapist demonstrating the methods.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Children's National Research InstituteLead Sponsor
209 Previous Clinical Trials
207,524 Total Patients Enrolled
Pamela Hinds, PhD, RNPrincipal InvestigatorChildren's National Health System

Media Library

Mindfulness and Sleep Hygiene Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05722249 — N/A
Compassion Fatigue Research Study Groups: Arm B, Study Period 1 (Physical Activity and Sleep Hygiene):, Arm A, Study Period 1 (Mindfulness and Sleep Hygiene):
Compassion Fatigue Clinical Trial 2023: Mindfulness and Sleep Hygiene Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05722249 — N/A
Mindfulness and Sleep Hygiene 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05722249 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Is this experiment in need of additional participants at the moment?

"Affirmative, the information hosted on clinicaltrials.gov verifies that this medical research is presently recruiting participants. The study was initially advertised on December 7th 2022 and its most recent update being February 1st 2023. There is a need for 221 patients to be enrolled at one centre."

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What is the current recruitment rate for this experiment?

"Affirmative. Records hosted on clinicaltrials.gov divulge that this medical experiment, which was launched on December 7th 2022, is actively recruiting participants. Specifically, 221 patients must be sourced from a single centre of care."

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~98 spots leftby Mar 2025