NCT03535493

The Effect of ACT and Float REST on Burnout Syndrome.

The Effect of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Float REST (Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy) on Burnout Syndrome.

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (actual)
• Sponsor: Amrinder Babbra · Academic / Other
• Sex: —
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In 1982, Steven Hayes, a clinical psychologist, developed Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a unique empirically based psychological intervention that uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. In 1954, John Lilly, a cognitive neuroscientist, developed the sensory deprivation tank (known today as Floatation Restricted Environmental Stimulation Therapy - Float REST), to access a wide range of healing, higher brain functions, and meditation through an unparalleled deep relaxation state. In this study, the investigators aim to examine whether participants in the ACT + Float REST condition will have larger decreases of the burnout phenomenon than those who receive either only ACT or Float REST.

Conditions

• Burnout Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)	An ACT session entails a mindfulness-based training to foster and nurture effective behavioral and emotional responding to distress.
BEHAVIORAL	Float REST	A float session entails laying supine in a light-proof, sound-proof tank consisting of a shallow pool of water (approximately 10 inches set to approximately 94.5 degrees to match skin temperature) with a high concentration of Epsom salt (approximately 1200 pounds) for 60 minutes.
BEHAVIORAL	ACT + Float REST	The combined intervention will combine ACT and Float REST. An ACT session entails a mindfulness-based training to foster and nurture effective behavioral and emotional responding to distress. A float session entails laying supine in a light-proof, sound-proof tank consisting of a shallow pool of water (approximately 10 inches set to approximately 94.5 degrees to match skin temperature) with a high concentration of Epsom salt (approximately 1200 pounds) for 60 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-01
• Primary completion: 2018-08-27
• Completion: 2018-08-27
• First posted: 2018-05-24
• Last updated: 2018-08-29

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States