NCT05721716

Examining the Feasibility of a Mindfulness Booster Course for Healthcare Staff Who Attended an 8-week Mindfulness Course

A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial of a Mindfulness Booster Course Following an 8-week Staff Mindfulness Programme

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Canterbury Christ Church University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness booster course for UK healthcare staff who have previously participated in an eight-week mindfulness course. The measures of feasibility and acceptability that will be examined include: 1. the ease with which participants are recruited to the clinical trial; 2. the extent to which participants choose to remain in the mindfulness booster course; 3. the extent to which participants choose to remain in the clinical trial; 4. how acceptable the participants find the mindfulness booster course; 5. the level of outcome measure completion; 6. whether there is a preliminary indication that the course may reduce stress. Participants will be randomly allocated to either a mindfulness booster course or a control group, who will be encouraged to continue taking care of their wellbeing as they normally would. Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires at three time-points.

Detailed description

This pilot randomised controlled trial seeks to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a mindfulness booster course for UK National Health Service staff who have previously completed an 8-week mindfulness-based intervention. Participants will be randomised to either the 8-week mindfulness booster course or a control group, in which participants will be encouraged to continue taking care of their wellbeing as they normally would. A battery of self-report measures will be administered online at baseline (weeks 0-1), mid-intervention (week 7), and post-intervention (weeks 11-12). The indices of feasibility and acceptability that will be examined include: 1. ease of recruitment; 2. participant retention in the intervention; 3. participant retention in the study; 4. acceptability of the intervention; 5. outcome measure completion; 6. whether there is a preliminary signal of efficacy on the primary outcome measure (stress). These indices will be compared to progression criteria (which are detailed in the outcome measures section) to determine whether the intervention is sufficiently feasible and acceptable to progress to a full-scale RCT in future research.

Conditions

• Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness Booster Course	The mindfulness booster course will consist of eight 30-minute sessions, which participants will be asked to commit to. These will be online and occur weekly for 8-weeks. Within these sessions, there will be a 15-minute mindfulness practice followed by a 15-minute discussion. This discussion time will involve reflecting on the mindfulness practice and speaking about between-session practice. Participants will be encouraged to practice mindfulness for home work between the sessions.
BEHAVIORAL	Usual care	Participants will be encouraged to continue with whatever activities they usually undertake to manage their stress and support their wellbeing.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-03-20
• Primary completion: 2023-08-01
• Completion: 2023-08-01
• First posted: 2023-02-10
• Last updated: 2023-08-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom