CTRI Number |
CTRI/2022/01/039099 [Registered on: 03/01/2022] Trial Registered Prospectively |
Last Modified On: |
11/02/2024 |
Post Graduate Thesis |
No |
Type of Trial |
Interventional |
Type of Study
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Behavioral |
Study Design |
Cluster Randomized Trial |
Public Title of Study
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Effectiveness of Workplace-Adapted Mindfulness-Based Programme for Life Insurance Agents |
Scientific Title of Study
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Effectiveness of Workplace Based Mindfulness Programme in Life Insurance Agents-A Randomized Control Trial
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Trial Acronym |
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Secondary IDs if Any
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Secondary ID |
Identifier |
NIL |
NIL |
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Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)
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Name |
Tantri Keerthi Dinesh |
Designation |
Research Scholar |
Affiliation |
Department of Commerce,Manipal Academy of Higher Education |
Address |
Old Tapmi Building
Post Graduate and Research Centre
Near Police station
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Manipal
Old Tapmi Building
Post Graduate and Research Centre
Near Police station
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Manipal
Udupi KARNATAKA 576104 India |
Phone |
9845845524 |
Fax |
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Email |
tantri.dinesh@learner.manipal.edu |
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Details of Contact Person Scientific Query
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Name |
Shwetha TS |
Designation |
Assistant Professor |
Affiliation |
Department of Clinical Psychology,Manipal Academy of Higher Education |
Address |
Department of Clinical Psychology
Manipal College of Health Profession
Manipal Academy of Higher Education Department of Clinical Psychology
Manipal College of Health Profession
Manipal Academy of Higher Education Udupi KARNATAKA 576104 India |
Phone |
9880993080 |
Fax |
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Email |
shwetha.ts@manipal.edu |
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Details of Contact Person Public Query
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Name |
Ankitha Shetty |
Designation |
Assistant Professor |
Affiliation |
Department of Commerce,Manipal Academy of Higher Education |
Address |
9th Block
Near MIT grounds
Department of Commerce
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
9th Block
Near MIT grounds
Department of Commerce
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Udupi KARNATAKA 576104 India |
Phone |
8310797622 |
Fax |
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Email |
ankitha.shetty@manipal.edu |
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Source of Monetary or Material Support
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Manipal Academy of Higher Education |
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Primary Sponsor
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Name |
Manipal Academy of Higher Education Manipal |
Address |
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Manipal
576104 |
Type of Sponsor |
Other [Ph.D scholarship from institution] |
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Details of Secondary Sponsor
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Countries of Recruitment
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India |
Sites of Study
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No of Sites = 1 |
Name of Principal
Investigator |
Name of Site |
Site Address |
Phone/Fax/Email |
Shwetha TS |
Udupi |
9th Block, Department of Commerce, Near MIT Grounds Eshwar Nagar, Manipal, Karnataka 567104 Udupi KARNATAKA |
9880993080
shwetha.ts@manipal.edu |
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Details of Ethics Committee
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No of Ethics Committees= 1 |
Name of Committee |
Approval Status |
Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital Institutional Ethics Commitee |
Approved |
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Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI
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Health Condition / Problems Studied
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Health Type |
Condition |
Healthy Human Volunteers |
Life Insurance Agents in Insurance companies (agents with healthy conditions and those who are not under any medication) |
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Intervention / Comparator Agent
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Type |
Name |
Details |
Comparator Agent |
High Dose and Low dose comparison of mindfulness to life insurance agents |
Prior permission will be taken form concerned authority of Insurance development officers where the researcher will visit the respondents on prior set date and time. In-depth interview will be conducted, recorded and transcribed with the consent of the participants. 6 weekly (2.5 hrs. per week) Intervention on Mindfulness will be conducted with the Randomized control trial design. Pre-test and posttest along with a 3 month follow up will be facilitated with the FFMQ questionnaire.
For Phase I: Participants will be contacted through the list provided by Insurance development officers from the 6 different Life Insurance companies in Udupi District on the basis of their performances. The In-depth Interview will be conducted online and the data will be transcribed.
For the Phase II : Selection of participants will be done by Insurance Development Officer on the basis of their performances, who will be later randomized for the study under a two armed randomized control trial using Random Number Generator (Random Researcher Tool). The interventions will be done in group .The randomized control trial will commence in Week 1 with pre-screening and later in Week 2 they will randomized to High Dose and Low dose Workplace Adapted Mindfulness-Based programming week 3 pre-test of FFMQ, a week before intervention will be given to the groups. In Week 4 after randomization the interventions will be conducted for experimental group and no additional instruction for comparison group will be given. In week 10 post-intervention questionnaire will be repeated similarly. A follow up of three months will be facilitated with the same questionnaire for comparing the results and finding the effectiveness. It will be an online survey.
comparators will be High dose and low dose mindfulness
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Intervention |
Workplace-Adapted Mindfulness-Based Programme for Life Insurance Agents |
The randomized control trial will commence in Week 1 with pre-screening and later in Week 2 they will randomized to High Dose and Low dose Workplace Adapted Mindfulness-Based programming week 3 pre-test of FFMQ, a week before intervention will be given to the groups. In Week 4 after randomization the interventions will be conducted for experimental group and no additional instruction for comparison group will be given. In week 10 post-intervention questionnaire will be repeated similarly. A follow up of three months will be facilitated with the same questionnaire for comparing the results and finding the effectiveness. It will be an online survey. |
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Inclusion Criteria
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Age From |
18.00 Year(s) |
Age To |
55.00 Year(s) |
Gender |
Both |
Details |
Agents of first 6 Life Insurance companies ranking according to persistency level in Udupi District. Life Insurance agents who are on role will be included who are comfortable in speaking and understanding English. |
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ExclusionCriteria |
Details |
Life Insurance agents who are already practicing mindfulness and pregnant women.
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Method of Generating Random Sequence
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Computer generated randomization |
Method of Concealment
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An Open list of random numbers |
Blinding/Masking
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Not Applicable |
Primary Outcome
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Outcome |
TimePoints |
Outcome of intervention will be assessed on the scale for mindfulness with Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire. Variables will reflect with the stress factors which will be dependent on Mindfulness, Stress factors like target pressure, deadlines and workload being the job demands which are dependent on the Mindfulness interventions being independent variables. The scale will predict about the decrease in stress or no effect (as results determine) after interventions are incorporated. |
6 weekly (2.5 hrs. per week) Intervention on Mindfulness will be conducted with the Randomized control trial design. Pre-test and posttest along with a 3 month follow up will be facilitated with the FFMQ questionnaire. |
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Secondary Outcome
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Outcome |
TimePoints |
Mindful selling of insurance products to the right customer after interventions by the life insurance agents |
post test after 6weeks interventions and a 3 month follow up |
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Target Sample Size
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Total Sample Size="450" Sample Size from India="450"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "411"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="411" |
Phase of Trial
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N/A |
Date of First Enrollment (India)
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09/01/2022 |
Date of Study Completion (India) |
22/12/2023 |
Date of First Enrollment (Global) |
Date Missing |
Date of Study Completion (Global) |
Date Missing |
Estimated Duration of Trial
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Years="2" Months="0" Days="0" |
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)
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Not Applicable |
Recruitment Status of Trial (India) |
Completed |
Publication Details
Modification(s)
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nil |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement
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Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?
Response - NO
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Brief Summary
Modification(s)
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Keeping in mind the various factors related to stress in Salesforce of a Life Insurance Sector, a proper model can be incorporated to bring out a “Mindful Selling Philosophyâ€. Mindfulness is an emergent construct where its implications are still at its early footsteps in human occupation. Little is known about how mindfulness is being applied and what are its possibilities in the disciplines of occupation. Workplace stress management trainings are found to be implemented at a slow pace, which typically focus on relaxation techniques and cognitive behavioural in turn reducing employee distress. Researchers have focused on investigating the benefits of mindfulness in the domains of nursing, medication and psychology and have very rarely examined them in the organizational and other professional context. Insurance agents stress factor has been overlooked when compared to stress factors of other private sectors like hospitals, logistics and banking. Mindfulness at workplace has underpinned cross sectional studies at maximum. Longitudinal studies are suggested for better results. Individual Outcome: Acting with awareness, monitoring their thoughts and experiences, and accepting the stressful situations will enhance the coping skills and thereby pave the way for Mindful selling. Industrial Outcome: This study sets a benchmark for Psychometric outcome where Insurance companies can assess the sense of mindfulness with the help of self-reports which would help in screening the applicants at the initial stage of recruitment as high mindful candidates and low mindful candidates based on which selection process can be made reliable and valid. Societal implication: This study will showcase the Research Copyright enduring a social impact with this novel approach of introducing Mindfulness intervention and psychometric test in Life insurance Companies of India and psychometric generator showing the range of scores they have earned after filling the Mindfulness questionnaire. |