The Fiona Stanley Junior Doctors Online Mindfulness Project
University of Western AustraliaDataset description
There will be 120 interns at Fiona Stanley Hospital in 2022. The junior medical officer numbers are likely to be around 280. A planned sample size of minimum n=30 in each group (Intervention vs Control) is expected to be adequate to afford a high level of statistical power (around 0.9) to detect a difference in the levels of improvement, for Intervention participants vs Control participants, on the outcome measures (PSS, SDSI, SCS, FMI, and UWES), at an adjusted statistical significance level a=0.01. The hypothesized improvement is estimated to be modest for Intervention participants (i.e., of a magnitude around 9%-15% of the participants' baseline measure), compared to minimal (around 1%-5%) for Control participants. Depending on the distribution of the outcome data, different statistical methods will be used for analysis. For example, if the score distribution is approximately normal, the MIXED procedure (for multilevel analysis) will be used. Otherwise, if the score data are not normally distributed, General Estimating Equations (GEE) will be used. Both of these approaches include key potential confounding factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, prior experience with mindfulness meditation, current practice in mindfulness, and time points (12 weeks post intervention vs 8 weeks post intervention vs baseline) as co-variates, as well as the possibly unbalanced repeated nature of the data, due to dropouts and missing data. Thematic analysis of the qualitative data will be conducted using general inductive approach (Thomas, 2006) by the PhD candidate and an experienced qualitative researcher using NVivo software. Each transcript will be read by the PhD candidate and experienced qualitative researcher independently in order to develop a coding framework using thematic analysis. The two researchers will then compare their findings and further refine the framework. Another two investigators will apply this thematic framework on an independent analysis of a subset of qualitative interviews to ensure consistency. The outcome of the qualitative part of the study will be to identify junior doctors' perceived stressors, self-care strategies, perceived barriers to and benefits from participating in the online mindfulness training program. Further, the results will be utilised to identify system approaches and make recommendations on modifications that will reduce barriers to accessing the online mindfulness training program if the primary outcome shows benefit.Date Information
Identifiers
Source Study
Trial name (public)
Purpose:
Phase:
Trial acronym
Not available
Trial ID
ACTRN12622001248752
Funding
University, University of Western Australia
Scientific enquiries
Dr Sarah Moore
Brief Summary
This Research Project will be conducted in two parts. The first part will involve a randomised control trial of an online mindfulness training program (MTP) designed specifically for junior doctors, delivered to interns and resident medical officers working within Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals to assess the feasibility and effectiveness of the program with regards to reducing perceived stress and improving mindfulness, self-compassion and work engagement. The second part of the study wil .... Read more
Key Inclusion Criteria
All interns and junior doctors working at Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals, Perth, WA.
Key Exclusion Criteria
Medical students, registrars and consultants at Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals; junior doctors from other health services.
Can healthy volunteers participate?
Yes
Population
Sample Size 71
Min. age 18 Years
Max. age 60 Years
Sex Both males and females
Condition category Stress
Condition code Mental Health
Intervention
Intervention code Treatment: Other
Intervention materials: The online mindfulness training intervention, referred to as the “Mindfulness Training Program (MTP)”, is a novel 8-week online program developed by the coordinating principal investigator, program facilitator (PF) and PhD candidate, Dr Sarah Moore, with input from two mindfulness experts, Dr Craig Hassed and Dr Richard Chambers from Monash University. The MTP intervention includes: o a weekly email each Monday containing a link to a 10-minute video mini-lecture. Each min .... Read more
Comparison
Control group Active
Control treatment is the normal hospital Junior Medical Officer (JMO) medical education curriculum, which includes a mentoring program for junior doctors to support their wellbeing. The mentoring program involves one on one mentoring with a more senior medical officer, face to face at the discretion of the mentor-mentee partnership. Control participants will be offered the opportunity to participate in the program on completion of all project data collection, ie 3.5 months following commencement .... Read more
Outcomes
Outcome: % changes in the junior doctors’ self-reported levels of perceived stress. Instruments will be the Perceived Stress Scale Timepoint: Timepoints include baseline, up to 7 days prior to commencement of intervention, at completion of 8-week intervention and 4 weeks following the completion of the intervention.
Outcome: % changes in the junior doctors’ self-reported levels of self-compassion. Instruments will be the Self-Compassion Scale.Timepoint: Timepoints include baseline, up to 7 days prior to commencement of intervention, at completion of 8-week intervention and 4 weeks following the completion of the intervention.
Outcome: % changes in the junior doctors’ self-reported levels of mindfulness scores. Instruments will be the Frieberg Mindfulness Inventory.Timepoint: Timepoints include baseline, up to 7 days prior to commencement of intervention, at completion of 8-week intervention and 4 weeks following the completion of the intervention.
Will the study consider sharing individual participant data?
Yes
Who can request access to individual participant data?
Researchers who provide a methodologically sound proposal on a case-be-case basis at the discretion of the Primary Sponsor
Are there any conditions for requesting access to individual participant data?
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What individual participant data might be shared?
Individual participant data not covered above
Individual participant data collected during the trial following de-identification
What types of analyses could be done with individual participant data?
To achieve the aims in the approved study proposal
Are there extra considerations when requesting access to individual participant data?
No
When can requests for individual data be made (start and end dates)?
From: Immediately following publication No end date determined
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