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Transcendental Meditation Intervention to Reduce Burnout and Enhance Resilience Among NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine Employees and Residents

A Pilot Intervention to Reduce Burnout and Enhance Resilience Through Transcendental Meditation Among NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine Employees and Residents

Who can join

As published by the study on ClinicalTrials.gov. "Not stated" means the study hasn't said — ask the study team.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Compensation
Not stated

Other requirements are listed under Eligibility below. Only the study team can confirm whether you can join.

What to expect

No one can promise a trial will help you personally — that is what the research is trying to find out.

What participation involves

Not stated in the study description — ask the study team about visits and procedures.

Compensation
Not stated
  • Study-related exams and procedures are typically provided at no cost. This is how many trials work in general — confirm the details for this study with the study team.
  • Participants are monitored closely by the research team throughout the study.
  • Some participants may receive access to an investigational treatment, which is still being studied.
  • Your participation helps researchers learn whether this approach could help future patients.

About this study

In plain language

This study tests whether Transcendental Meditation (TM) can reduce burnout, anxiety, trouble sleeping, and depression over 3½ months. It is for full-time employees age 18 or older at Weill Cornell Medicine or NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. The study also looks at whether employees can fit TM into their lives and find it acceptable.

The goal of this study is to learn if a meditation intervention called Transcendental Meditation or TM can be used in a small department at Weill Cornell Medicine to help reduce employees' levels of burnout, anxiety, insomnia, and depression as well as to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the meditation practice by Weill Cornell employees. The main question the study aims to answer is whether: • Levels of burnout, anxiety, insomnia, and depression will be decreased, and overall mental well-being will improve over a 3.5-month period before and after TM intervention. Participants will attend 9 sessions total (8 group sessions and 1 individual session) with a certified TM instructor from The David Lynch Foundation Institute for Mental Health and Resilience where they will gain experience in proper TM techniques. Also, participants will conduct 2 of their own TM sessions at home daily during the course of this study.

Compensation is read from the study's own description and may be missing — always confirm with the study team.

Eligibility

Who can join

  • Be age 18 or older.
  • Work full-time at Weill Cornell Medicine or NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
  • Agree to finish the TM training and practice twice a day for about 20 minutes each time.
  • Agree to fill out online surveys at the start, after 1 month, and after 3 months.
  • If you take medicines that affect mood or thinking, your medicine routine must have stayed the same for at least 2 months.
  • Be able to stay in the New York area for 3½ months, except for short trips.

Who can't join

  • Be younger than 18.
  • Have already been taught TM.
  • Not work full-time at Weill Cornell or NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital.
  • Not be willing to finish TM training or practice twice a day for about 20 minutes each time.
  • Not be willing to fill out the online surveys at the start, after 1 month, and after 3 months.
  • Have had changes in medicines that affect mood or thinking in the past 2 months, or a hospital stay for mental health care in the past 6 months.
  • Not be able to stay in the New York area for 3½ months, except for short trips.
  • Be unable to give consent to join the study, or be a prisoner.

Simplified for readability. The official criteria below are what the study team uses.

Official eligibility criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Be 18 years of age or older * Be a full-time employee at Weill Cornell Medicine or NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. * Agree to complete the entire TM training program of eight sessions and practice the TM technique twice daily for approximately 20 minutes. * Agree to complete a battery of self-report baseline and post-test surveys online (1-month and 3-months post baseline). * If being treated with psychoactive medications, have maintained a stable regimen for at least two months prior to enrollment. * Can commit to remaining in the New York area for 3 ½ consecutive months (with the exception of brief trips, e.g., weekend trips) for the duration of the study period (baseline measures through 3-month post-testing). Exclusion Criteria: * Are younger than 18 years of age. * Are already instructed in the Transcendental Meditation technique. * Are not a full-time employee at Weill Cornell Medical College or NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. * Are unwilling to complete the entire TM training program of eight sessions and practice the TM technique twice daily for approximately 20 minutes. * Are unwilling to complete a battery of self-report surveys online at baseline, at one month, and at three months post-baseline. * Have an unstable regimen of psychoactive medications in the past two months or psychiatric hospitalization in the last six months, per self-report. * Are unable to commit to remaining in the New York area for 3 ½ consecutive months (with the exception of brief trips, e.g., weekend trips) for the duration of the study period (baseline measures through 3-month post-testing). * This study will not include Adults unable to consent, Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers), and prisoners. The study may include pregnant women.

Study sites (1)

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