P02.13. Improving stress and resilience for military healthcare providers: results from a pilot study

Abstract

Purpose Healthcare providers (HCP) who care for traumatically injured service members are at risk for stress, burnout, and decreased clinical effectiveness. After two decades of war, the intensive work environment and stress asso-ciated with caring for these service members and their families are damaging the emotional and physical well-being of our military HCPs. This pilot study explored the effects of an Integrative Restoration (iRest ®) inter-vention in HCPs at a large military medical center. Methods Volunteers from a military medical center were asked to participate in an intervention developed and tailored for military HCPs. Participants were asked to attend 6 one-hour weekly sessions (offered 2 times/week) and practice at home once a week. Outcome measures included stress, sleep disturbance, resilience, burnout, compassion and satisfaction. Goals were to assess interest, feasibility, and logistics of the intervention and measure stress and resili-ence (pre-post intervention). Using a mixed methods approach, self-report instruments, home practice diaries, and written/oral feedback were collected to measure acceptability and satisfaction.