Certified Nursing Assistants' Wellbeing

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Stress and Burnout

In brief

Certified nursing assistants (CNAs), who provide the majority of care to persons with chronic disease and/or cognitive impairment from Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, face tremendous job and home stress, and as a result absenteeism and job turnover are high. This is a preliminary study that will tailor Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) - a promising new program designed to cultivate greater self-care, and strengthen resilience and coping skills - for the CNA population and study its effectiveness. If results are favorable, MSC could be incorporated into CNA training programs, thereby helping contribute to a more effective and stable long-term care workforce.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03720652

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

39

Starts

2019-03-27

Expected to finish

2020-06-23

Last updated by the study team

2021-04-29

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Certified Nursing Assistant employed by one of 3 study Nursing Homes
• Aged 18 and over
• Speak English
• Work at least 20 hours as a CNA at one of our proposed Nursing Homes
• Expect to attend at least 75% of the intervention classes
• Expect to stay at least the course of the intervention on the job
• Score in the top 50% on the PSS-10 (Perceived Stress Scale) (if more than 20 participants interested)

You may not qualify if…

• Younger than 18
• Working fewer than 20 hours a week
• Unable to attend at least 75% of the intervention classes
• Expect to leave their position during the intervention

Where it is running

• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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