Online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction for the Mental Health of Healthcare Professionals | NCT07745634

NCT07745634

Overview

NCT ID: NCT07745634
Lead Sponsor: Vilnius UniversityOTHER
Official Title: The Effect of a Remote Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program on the Mental Health of Healthcare Professionals
Brief Summary: Healthcare professionals may experience high levels of work-related stress and burnout. This study will examine whether an 8-week online Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program improves recovery from stress and other mental health outcomes in healthcare professionals who provide direct patient care.

The MBSR group will attend eight weekly online group sessions led by trained instructors. The wait-list group will not receive the program during the initial comparison period but will be offered it after completing the 6-month follow-up.

Participants will complete online questionnaires before the program, immediately after the program, and 3 and 6 months later. The main outcome is change in the participants' ability to recover from stress. The study will also assess burnout, anxiety, depression, psychological well-being, personality traits, and professional quality of life. Hair samples will be collected at specified time points to measure stress-related steroid hormone levels.

Status and Timeline

Status: Active, not recruiting
Last Update Posted: Aug 4, 2026Actual
Start Date: Apr 16, 2026Actual
Primary Completion Date: Dec 14, 2026Estimated

Participation Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study: Adult (18-64)Older Adult (65+)
Sexes Eligible for Study: All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No
Eligibility Criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Employed at a healthcare institution at a minimum of 0.25 full-time equivalent.

Has direct contact with patients.

Provides personal healthcare services, including physicians, resident physicians, nurses, paramedics, physiotherapists, lifestyle medicine specialists, and other healthcare professionals.

Aged 18 years or older.

Able to understand Lithuanian.

Has access to the internet and a smart device suitable for participating in the online MBSR program and completing the study questionnaires.

Exclusion Criteria:

Currently participating in a structured mindfulness-based program or regularly practicing mindfulness-based meditation.

Currently experiencing a mental health condition that may interfere with safe participation in the study, including high suicide risk or suspected psychotic symptoms.

Unable, because of a health condition, to reasonably understand and assess their own interests.

Younger than 18 years.

A student whose participation in the biomedical study is related to their studies.

Residing in a social care institution.

Serving as active-duty military personnel.

Imprisoned or otherwise deprived of liberty.

An employee of the Clinic of Psychiatry, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, who is subordinate to a study investigator.

Study Plan

Study Type: Interventional
Phase: Not Applicable
Enrollment: 74Actual
Primary Purpose: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
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Contacts and Locations

Central Contacts: No data available
Locations: Vilnius University

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