Projecte Benestar 2026: Virtual Reality Program for Healthcare Workers

Condition(s) studied

Investigational drug(s) / intervention(s)

Projecte Benestar Virtual Reality Educational Program: Projecte Benestar is an immersive educational virtual reality program focused on mindfulness, emotional regulation, and self-compassion for workers in healthcare settings. The program includes 8 individual sessions delivered through autonomous virtual reality headsets. Each session lasts approximately 9 to 15 minutes and includes guided audio and immersive 3D content. Sessions may be delivered over 8 weeks or in an intensive 4-week format, depending on local logistics.

Study summary

Projecte Benestar 2026 is a multicenter randomized controlled study evaluating a brief immersive educational program delivered through virtual reality for healthcare workers. The program is designed to support emotional well-being, self-care, mindfulness, and emotional regulation in professionals working in healthcare settings.

Participants will be active healthcare or healthcare-support workers from participating centers. They will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will receive the virtual reality program at the beginning of the study, while the other group will continue usual activity and receive the same program later, after a wait-list period.

The main objective is to evaluate whether the program reduces emotional exhaustion, measured with the Maslach Burnout Inventory. Secondary objectives include evaluating changes in depersonalization, personal accomplishment, work engagement, usability, satisfaction, adherence, and tolerability of the virtual reality program.

Eligibility

Primary outcome measure(s)

• Change in Emotional Exhaustion Score on the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey — Baseline, approximately 4 to 8 weeks, and approximately 7 months
  Emotional exhaustion will be assessed using the Emotional Exhaustion subscale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey. The subscale includes 9 items scored from 0 to 6, with total scores ranging from 0 to 54. Higher scores indicate greater emotional exhaustion. Changes will be compared between the immediate intervention group and the wait-list control group during the first intervention period, and will also be assessed after the delayed intervention group completes the program.

Trial sites (2)

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