NCT03165799

Mindfulness to the Clinical Setting: The Mind Hand Connection Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 32 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This is a single center, randomized study that assessed the effects of mindfulness training on physician teaching teams at a VA hospital.

Detailed description

The primary objective of this study was to evaluate changes in hand hygiene compliance pre- and post- intervention in Internal Medicine physician and medical student inpatient teaching teams. Half of the teaching teams received the intervention of mindfulness education. Blinded observers collected data on hand hygiene compliance and mindfulness behaviors for both teams during patient care rounds for 1-week pre and post intervention. Additionally, the intervention group participated in focus group/interview discussions.

Conditions

• Mindfulness
• Education, Medical
• Hand Hygiene
• Patient Safety

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Education	Mindfulness Education

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-01-31
• Primary completion: 2017-03-15
• Completion: 2017-04-01
• First posted: 2017-05-24
• Last updated: 2019-09-19

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States