A novel mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) for reducing burnout and promoting resilience for end-of-life care professionals : a waitlist RCT protocol
Introduction: End-of-life (EoL) care professionals are prone to burnout given the intense emotional nature of their work. Previous research supports the efficacy of art therapy in reducing work-related stress and enhancing emotional health among professional EoL caregivers. Integrating mindfulness m...
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| author | Ho, Andy Hau Yan Tan-Ho, Geraldine Ngo, Thuy Anh Ong, Grace Chong, Poh Heng Dignadice, Dennis Potash, Jordan |
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| description | Introduction: End-of-life (EoL) care professionals are prone to burnout given the intense emotional nature of their work. Previous research supports the efficacy of art therapy in reducing work-related stress and enhancing emotional health among professional EoL caregivers. Integrating mindfulness meditation with art therapy and reflective awareness complementing emotional expression has immense potential for self-care and collegial support. Mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) is a novel, empirically informed, and highly structured intervention that aims to reduce work-related stress, cultivate resilience, and promote wellness. This study aims to assess the potential effectiveness of MCAT for supporting EoL care professionals in Singapore. Methods: This is an open-label waitlist randomized controlled trial. Sixty EoL care professionals, including doctors, nurses, social workers, and personal care workers, are randomly allocated to one of two groups: (i) an intervention group that receives MCAT immediately and (ii) a waitlist-control group that receives MCAT after the intervention group completes treatment. Face-to-face self-administered outcome assessments are collected at three different time points—baseline (T1) for both groups, post-intervention (T2), and 6-week follow-up (T3) for intervention group—as well as pre-intervention (T2) and post-intervention (T3) for the waitlist-control group. The primary outcome measure is burnout, and secondary measures include emotional regulation, resilience, compassion, quality of life, and death attitudes. Between- and within-participant comparisons of outcomes are conducted, and the appropriate effect size estimates are reported. An acceptability and feasibility study is to be conducted by using a triangulation of qualitative data with framework analysis. Discussion: The outcomes of this study will contribute to advancements in both theories and practices for supporting professional EoL caregivers around the world. It will also inform policy makers about the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of delivering a multimodal psycho-socio-spiritual intervention within a community institutional setting. The study has received ethical approval from the institutional review board of Nanyang Technological University. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/851812020-11-01T05:21:32Z A novel mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) for reducing burnout and promoting resilience for end-of-life care professionals : a waitlist RCT protocol Ho, Andy Hau Yan Tan-Ho, Geraldine Ngo, Thuy Anh Ong, Grace Chong, Poh Heng Dignadice, Dennis Potash, Jordan School of Social Sciences Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine) Centre for Population Health Sciences Social sciences::Psychology Burnout Resilience Introduction: End-of-life (EoL) care professionals are prone to burnout given the intense emotional nature of their work. Previous research supports the efficacy of art therapy in reducing work-related stress and enhancing emotional health among professional EoL caregivers. Integrating mindfulness meditation with art therapy and reflective awareness complementing emotional expression has immense potential for self-care and collegial support. Mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) is a novel, empirically informed, and highly structured intervention that aims to reduce work-related stress, cultivate resilience, and promote wellness. This study aims to assess the potential effectiveness of MCAT for supporting EoL care professionals in Singapore. Methods: This is an open-label waitlist randomized controlled trial. Sixty EoL care professionals, including doctors, nurses, social workers, and personal care workers, are randomly allocated to one of two groups: (i) an intervention group that receives MCAT immediately and (ii) a waitlist-control group that receives MCAT after the intervention group completes treatment. Face-to-face self-administered outcome assessments are collected at three different time points—baseline (T1) for both groups, post-intervention (T2), and 6-week follow-up (T3) for intervention group—as well as pre-intervention (T2) and post-intervention (T3) for the waitlist-control group. The primary outcome measure is burnout, and secondary measures include emotional regulation, resilience, compassion, quality of life, and death attitudes. Between- and within-participant comparisons of outcomes are conducted, and the appropriate effect size estimates are reported. An acceptability and feasibility study is to be conducted by using a triangulation of qualitative data with framework analysis. Discussion: The outcomes of this study will contribute to advancements in both theories and practices for supporting professional EoL caregivers around the world. It will also inform policy makers about the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of delivering a multimodal psycho-socio-spiritual intervention within a community institutional setting. The study has received ethical approval from the institutional review board of Nanyang Technological University. Published version 2019-08-27T06:29:49Z 2019-12-06T15:58:53Z 2019-08-27T06:29:49Z 2019-12-06T15:58:53Z 2019 Journal Article Ho, A. H. Y., Tan-Ho, G., Ngo, T. A., Ong, G., Chong, P. H., Dignadice, D., & Potash, J. (2019). A novel mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) for reducing burnout and promoting resilience for end-of-life care professionals: a waitlist RCT protocol. Trials, 20(1), 406-. doi:10.1186/s13063-019-3533-y https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85181 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49790 10.1186/s13063-019-3533-y en Trials © 2019 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. 10 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Social sciences::Psychology Burnout Resilience Ho, Andy Hau Yan Tan-Ho, Geraldine Ngo, Thuy Anh Ong, Grace Chong, Poh Heng Dignadice, Dennis Potash, Jordan A novel mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) for reducing burnout and promoting resilience for end-of-life care professionals : a waitlist RCT protocol |
| title | A novel mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) for reducing burnout and promoting resilience for end-of-life care professionals : a waitlist RCT protocol |
| title_full | A novel mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) for reducing burnout and promoting resilience for end-of-life care professionals : a waitlist RCT protocol |
| title_fullStr | A novel mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) for reducing burnout and promoting resilience for end-of-life care professionals : a waitlist RCT protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | A novel mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) for reducing burnout and promoting resilience for end-of-life care professionals : a waitlist RCT protocol |
| title_short | A novel mindful-compassion art therapy (MCAT) for reducing burnout and promoting resilience for end-of-life care professionals : a waitlist RCT protocol |
| title_sort | novel mindful compassion art therapy mcat for reducing burnout and promoting resilience for end of life care professionals a waitlist rct protocol |
| topic | Social sciences::Psychology Burnout Resilience |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85181 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/49790 |
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