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ArticleBMJ open2020

Mindfulness-based programme for residents: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial.

Vanessa Marie-Jane Aeschbach, Johannes Caspar Fendel, Anja Simone Göritz, Stefan Schmidt

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Article in BMJ open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Vanessa Marie-Jane AeschbachDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany vanessa.aeschbach@uniklinik-freiburg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-0217-9687
Johannes Caspar FendelDepartment of Occupational and Consumer Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3852-5422
Anja Simone GöritzDepartment of Occupational and Consumer Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Stefan SchmidtDepartment of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4858-4220

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionResidency is a stressful phase associated with high prevalence of mental distress. Besides impaired personal health, mental distress in residents has an impact on the quality of patient care and produces economic costs. Therefore, there is demand for interventions that improve resident physicians' mental health. The aim of the present study is to examine the effects of a mindfulness-based intervention that has been tailored to residents' needs. Specifically, mindfulness has been supplemented by a focus on the concept of Muße. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This study applies a randomised controlled multimethod design. Residents assigned to the intervention group will participate in an 8-week mindfulness course followed by a 4-month maintenance phase, whereas residents assigned to the control group will read text-based information about mindfulness on a weekly basis for the duration of 8 weeks. The intervention is focussed on a transfer of learnt techniques into the daily routine and is targeted to promote residents' self-care as well as on building empathic relationships. Participants will be assessed before, directly after the intervention, after the maintenance phase as well as at follow-up 6 months after the intervention group completes the intervention. Assessments will consist of self-report measures, physiological data, qualitative interviews, third-party reports as well as implicit and projective measures and will focus on both psychopathology and salutogenesis. The primary outcome will be burnout. Data will be analysed using linear mixed modelling. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The study was approved by the ethics committee of the Medical Center - University of Freiburg and is funded by the German Research Foundation as part of the interdisciplinary Collaborative Research Center 'SFB Muße 1015'. The results of this study will be published in scientific journals and disseminated through the study's website, and conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: DRKS00014015.

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Internship and ResidencyMindfulnessAdultBurnout, ProfessionalHealth PromotionHumansPhysiciansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSelf Reportmedical education & trainingmental healthquality in health care

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PMID32198304
PMCPMC7103807

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