Brief Mindfulness Based Intervention to Improve Psychological Wellbeing

Brief Mindfulness Based Intervention for Front-Line Medical Staff in the COVID19 Pandemic to Improve Psychological Wellbeing, a Randomized Controlled Multicenter Trial

our aim is to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual brief mindfulness based interventions on psychological wellbeing, resiliency, and anxiety of frontline HCP to cope for (COVID19) stressors

Our specific objectives are: To measure frontline HCP's level of anxiety, resilience, and how mindfulness based interventions affect anxiety and psychological resilience of HCP.

masking/ blindness was programmed in the system/website that was developed for this study; the participants, those administering the interventions, and those assessing the outcomes were blinded to group assignment. the system/ website For the sack of this study a new system was developed to be used for data collection. The system was designed as an electronic questioner with audio clips that is sent automatically to the participants' email and phones, where each participant receives their own special link. the participants after responding to the pre intervention link will be automatically randomized by the system/website to intervention or control group. the whole data collection and intervention process is automatic, virtual and blinded

The 20 minute daily mindfulness sessions for 2 weeks consist of the following guided meditation practices: 1. Bring your attention to a primary object of focus 2. Maintain a moment-moment awareness 3. When your mind naturally drifts into thinking (mind wandering); just notice you are thinking, and then bring your attention back to your object of focus 4. When a strong sensation arises, again, notice the sensation or emotion and return to your breath. 5. As you gain confidence, you may practice maintaining this focus while observing thoughts flowing through your mind or sensations in your body while showing no concern for the content 6. You may even label your thoughts 7. Thank yourself for your efforts and for taking this time.

Control group: Control group will be given an mp3 audio recording of a 20-minutes of progressive muscle relaxation will be sent directly as SMS messages and emails to be heard by the participants through their personal device of their choice, such as a smart phone.

assessed using the (state trait anxiety-7 Item Scale); ranged from 10-40, higher score indicate more anxiety

assessed using the (Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC)); score from 0-40, higher scores indicate more resilience

assessed by World Health Organization wellbeing scale; changed to percent score, the higher the better.

Inclusion Criteria: COVID19 frontline health care providers namely, physicians, nurses and respiratory therapist at 2 main hospitals in the eastern province of KSA Exclusion Criteria: History of psychotic disorder, Substance abuse or dependence within the last 6 months Current severe neurotic disorder, severe depression or severe anxiety. Concurrent psychotherapy. Significant personality disorder

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