Data related to a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a virtual reality mindfulness intervention for nurse managers in an academic medical center

High levels of chronic and recurrent workplace stressors can profoundly
impact the physical, mental, and emotional health and well-being of the
health care workers. Research and interventions specially related to
various mindfulness-based interventions have been shown to be beneficial
at countering the negative effects of workplace stressors in the
healthcare environment. While these interventions have primarily focused
on front line healthcare workers, nurse managers have received less
attention. In this randomized controlled trial, a sample of nurse managers
and assistant nurse managers employed across an academic medical center
were randomized into intervention and wait-list control groups. According
to their assigned group, they engaged in a commercially available virtual
reality mindfulness intervention (TRIPP) during their work day, three
times a week for 15 minutes. Over the course of an eight week period,
participants in each group engaged with the virtual reality mindfulness
intervention during work hours at times that best into their professional
and personal schedules. The intervention took place in the nurse
managers' private office space. Outcomes measures of perceived stress
(PSS-10), burnout (MBI-HSS), resilience (CD-10), and work engagement
(UWES-9) were obtained pre-and post-intervention for both intervention and
wait-list control groups. Results demonstrated significant decreases in
perceived stress (p=.002) and burnout sub scales of emotional exhaustion
(p=.001) and depersonalization (p=.001) with significant increases in the
burnout sub scale of personal accomplishment (p=.006). In addition,
significant increases in resilience (p=.006) and all sub scales of work
engagement; vigor (p<.001), dedication (p=.011), and absorption
(p=.019) were found for those in the intervention group as compared to the
wait-list control group. Analysis also demonstrated medium to large effect
sizes for all outcome measures.    This submission
reflects the raw dataset that includes de-identified demographic
indicators (age, race/ethnicity, number of direct reports from
REDCap-exported to Excel) for intervention and wait-list control groups of
nurse managers and assistant nurse managers who participated in an
eight-week worksite virtual reality  mindfulness intervention.
The dataset (REDCap data exported to Excel) and code (R Statistical
Software) used to run the analysis on pre- and post-intervention outcome
measures of perceived stress (PSS-10), burnout (MBI-HSS), resilience
(CD-10), and work engagement (UWES-9) are also included. The REDCap Excel
file is labeled with each outcome measure and question numbers for the
measures. The responses (number) for each outcome measure question aligns
to the Likert scale range specific to each measure; this de-identified
file can be used freely.