Heart Math Resilience Program on Jail Staff

Last updated: April 22, 2025
Sponsor: Florida State University
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Stress

Treatment

HeartMath Resilience Program

Clinical Study ID

NCT06928610
STUDY00004706
15PNIJ-23-GG-02231-NIJB
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

The study is a multiple cohort, staggered-entry, waitlist randomized controlled trial evaluating the effectiveness of a comprehensive resiliency-based program in reducing stress for correctional officers employed by the Leon County Sheriff's Office in Tallahassee, FL.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Leon County Sheriff's Office jail correctional officers.

  • Attending a defensive tactics training by Leon County Sheriff's Office

  • Age 18 years or older

  • Conversational English

  • Being willing and cognitively able to provide consent.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not meeting Inclusion Criteria

Study Design

Total Participants: 300
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: HeartMath Resilience Program
Phase:
Study Start date:
March 18, 2025
Estimated Completion Date:
January 31, 2029

Study Description

The primary objective of the study is to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive resiliency-based intervention, HeartMath, designed to reduce stress for correctional officers (COs) currently employed with the Leon County Sherriff's Office in Tallahassee, Florida. The study will also examine whether the intervention 1) improves perceptions of job satisfaction, workplace safety, and occupational stress; 2) improves CO retention and decreases absenteeism; 3) results in less punitive attitudes and greater apprehension to employ use of force.

Connect with a study center

  • Leon County Detention Facilities

    Tallahassee, Florida 32304
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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