TY - JOUR
T1 - Stress Resilience Program for Health Care Professionals During a Pandemic
T2 - A Pilot Program
AU - Croghan, Ivana T.
AU - Hurt, Ryan T.
AU - Fokken, Shawn C.
AU - Fischer, Karen M.
AU - Lindeen, Stephanie A.
AU - Schroeder, Darrell R.
AU - Ganesh, Ravindra
AU - Ghosh, Karthik
AU - Bausek, Nina
AU - Bauer, Brent A.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This study was supported in part by Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine (DOM), General Internal Medicine and Integrative Medicine & Health as well as the DOM Research Hub. The Division of General Internal Medicine and Integrative Medicine and Health provided coordinator support. The Research Hub provided statistical support. The First Responders Resiliency program, Ōura Ring®, and Breather Fit® device, were supplied by PNMedical, Inc. The data entry system used was RedCap, which is supported in part by the Center for Clinical and Translational Science award (UL1 TR000135) from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Dr. Bauer’s participation was supported in part by a general grant from The Head Foundation, Singapore.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 The Author(s).
PY - 2023/4
Y1 - 2023/4
N2 - Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased burnout and staff turnover for health care providers (HCPs). The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the safety and acceptability of a Stress Resilience Program (SRP) for reducing perceived stress and improving resilience among HCPs during a pandemic. Method: Of the 12 HCPs expressing interest in the study, 10 were enrolled in this study. Participants attended three in-person visits (consent/screen, baseline, and end-of-study). The SRP consisted of education related to resilience enhancement and a breathing device (BreatherFit®) for combined respiratory muscle training (cRMT). Participants completed 4 weeks of cRMT and applied situational breathing strategies as needed. Outcomes measured were changes in stress (PSS-10), resilience (BRS), depression (PRIME-MD), and sleep (PSQI and Ōura Ring®). Findings: The majority of participants were male (60%) and White (60%) with an average age of 39.7 years. Changes from baseline to end-of-treatment indicated a positive trend with significant stress reduction (−3.2 ± 3.9, p =.028) and nonsignificant depression reduction (−0.5 ± 0.7, p =.05). Resilience was high at baseline and continued to stay high during the study with a nonsignificant increase at end-of-study (+0.07 ± 0.7, p =.77). No changes in overall sleep scores were noted. All participants agreed the study was worthwhile, 80% indicated they would repeat the experience, while 90% indicated they would recommend the study to others. Conclusion/Application to Practice: Because of its size and portability, SRP is an easily applicable and promising option for reducing stress among HCPs during a high-stress period, such as a pandemic. Larger studies are needed.
AB - Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has led to increased burnout and staff turnover for health care providers (HCPs). The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the safety and acceptability of a Stress Resilience Program (SRP) for reducing perceived stress and improving resilience among HCPs during a pandemic. Method: Of the 12 HCPs expressing interest in the study, 10 were enrolled in this study. Participants attended three in-person visits (consent/screen, baseline, and end-of-study). The SRP consisted of education related to resilience enhancement and a breathing device (BreatherFit®) for combined respiratory muscle training (cRMT). Participants completed 4 weeks of cRMT and applied situational breathing strategies as needed. Outcomes measured were changes in stress (PSS-10), resilience (BRS), depression (PRIME-MD), and sleep (PSQI and Ōura Ring®). Findings: The majority of participants were male (60%) and White (60%) with an average age of 39.7 years. Changes from baseline to end-of-treatment indicated a positive trend with significant stress reduction (−3.2 ± 3.9, p =.028) and nonsignificant depression reduction (−0.5 ± 0.7, p =.05). Resilience was high at baseline and continued to stay high during the study with a nonsignificant increase at end-of-study (+0.07 ± 0.7, p =.77). No changes in overall sleep scores were noted. All participants agreed the study was worthwhile, 80% indicated they would repeat the experience, while 90% indicated they would recommend the study to others. Conclusion/Application to Practice: Because of its size and portability, SRP is an easily applicable and promising option for reducing stress among HCPs during a high-stress period, such as a pandemic. Larger studies are needed.
KW - COVID-19
KW - anxiety
KW - health care provider
KW - respiratory muscle training
KW - stress
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U2 - 10.1177/21650799221093775
DO - 10.1177/21650799221093775
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85133892024
SN - 2165-0799
VL - 71
SP - 173
EP - 180
JO - Workplace Health and Safety
JF - Workplace Health and Safety
IS - 4
ER -