The strongest association was definitely with that.” “When we set the bar a little bit higher,” he explains, “the one to hold up was burnout. In addition to reporting significantly less burnout after the sessions, participants also felt lower levels of stress, anxiety, caring ability and “compassion satisfaction” when a more simplified method of analysis was used, states Schomberg.
In the study, a total of 71 CHOC healthcare workers – 83% of them nurses, more than half of them from the neonatal intensive care unit ( NICU) – completed all three VR sessions.Įach participant underwent one session per week during a five-week period, donning Oculus Rift or VIVE Focus headsets to disengage for five minutes while experiencing “The Last Maestro.” We need to think outside of the box to find safe and affordable strategies to reduce burnout and secondary traumatic stress in healthcare workers.” ‘The Last Maestro’ VR system Says Hayakawa: “With the increasing burden of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, it’s imperative that healthcare workers have tools to manage their stress and to mitigate the psychological impact of providing compassionate care. So, improving the mental health of healthcare workers is critical in achieving the best patient outcomes.Īs the study put it, “Nurses must first care for themselves before being able to provide compassionate care to others.” “Burnout may interfere with health care workers’ ability to develop caring relationships, negatively impacting patient outcomes.” “When a nurse or healthcare worker is stressed or burned out, you will see it in the care they provide,” Susan says. She now suffers from PTSD, moral injury, and anxiety because of these assignments. Maestro Games was founded by Yael Swerdlow, a long-time photojournalist who has covered civil unrest, natural disasters, gang violence, as well as the aftermath of genocide, famine and war. Maestro Games’ mission is to provide a non-pharmaceutical alternative to build and maintain mental resiliency for first responders, military, healthcare personnel and their families who are susceptible to post-traumatic stress, moral injury, depression, substance abuse, and other forms of distress because of the demands placed on them. Hayakawa got the idea of launching the study after spending time beta-testing the VR experience “The Last Maestro®” created by Maestro Games, SPC, a Los Angeles-based social purpose company.
The other two co-authors are John Schomberg, PhD, a biostatistician in CHOC’s department of nursing, and nurse scientist Jennifer Barrows, PhD. The timing was perfectly aligned for the study, “Effects of Classical Music Virtual Reality on Pediatric Healthcare Worker Compassion Fatigue,” whose lead author is Jennifer Hayakawa, DNP, CHOC’s manager of Nursing Research and Innovation. That’s the norm for us, but it’s not normal.” “The pandemic multiplied it exponentially,” Susan says. “It was a complete diversion.”Įven before the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, CHOC nurse leaders like Susan were looking at ways to address compassion fatigue and burnout. “I definitely felt a sense of well-being and being able to move ahead and complete my day,” says Susan See, nurse manager of the neuroscience unit and the multispecialty unit and one of the co-authors of the study, published in The Journal of Nursing Administration in May 2022. The study, conceived of and conducted by CHOC Nursing Research and Innovation, in collaboration with Maestro Games SPC, concluded that participants reported a “significant” decrease in burnout after three sessions of the immersive classical music VR experience. 46 by Edvard Grieg.įor almost four minutes, while wearing a virtual reality (VR) headset, scores of CHOC nurses and other healthcare workers experienced this idyllic world voluntarily while on their breaks as participants in a novel study whose results recently were published. The day progresses to evening, and you watch the moon rise and set.Īnd all the while, you’re listening to the soothing “Morning Mood” from Peer Gynt Suite No. Golden light kisses the snow-capped peaks. You’re in the Alps watching the sun rise.
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