Transcendental Meditation for Burnout Among Hospital Employees and Residents
Tests Transcendental Meditation for burnout, anxiety, depression and insomnia in hospital staff.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Where
- New York, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Transcendental Meditation Intervention to Reduce Burnout and Enhance Resilience Among NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine Employees and Residents
- Status
- Not yet recruiting
- People taking part
- 15 people, planned
- Started
- 15 Nov 2026
- Expected to end
- 27 Nov 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Treatments tested
- Transcendental Meditation
- Record updated
- 9 October 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for full-time employees of Weill Cornell Medicine or NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital to learn Transcendental Meditation and practise it twice a day.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Earlier treatment
- People already taught Transcendental Meditation cannot join. If on psychoactive medicines, the dose must have been stable for at least 2 months.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Already taught the Transcendental Meditation technique
- Not a full-time employee of Weill Cornell Medicine or NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Unstable psychoactive medicines in the past two months, or a psychiatric hospital stay in the last six months
- Unable to stay in the New York area for 3 and a half months in a row
- Unwilling to finish all 8 training sessions, practise twice daily, and complete the online surveys
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Be 18 years of age or older
- Be a full-time employee at Weill Cornell Medicine or NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Agree to complete the entire TM training program of eight sessions and practice the TM technique twice daily for approximately 20 minutes
- Agree to complete a battery of self-report baseline and post-test surveys online (1-month and 3-months post baseline)
- If being treated with psychoactive medications, have maintained a stable regimen for at least two months prior to enrollment
- Can commit to remaining in the New York area for 3 ½ consecutive months (with the exception of brief trips, e.g., weekend trips) for the duration of the study period (baseline measures through 3-month post-testing)
Who cannot take part
- Have an unstable regimen of psychoactive medications in the past two months or psychiatric hospitalization in the last six months, per self-report
- Are younger than 18 years of age
- Are already instructed in the Transcendental Meditation technique
- Are not a full-time employee at Weill Cornell Medical College or NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Are unwilling to complete the entire TM training program of eight sessions and practice the TM technique twice daily for approximately 20 minutes
- Are unwilling to complete a battery of self-report surveys online at baseline, at one month, and at three months post-baseline
- Are unable to commit to remaining in the New York area for 3 ½ consecutive months (with the exception of brief trips, e.g., weekend trips) for the duration of the study period (baseline measures through 3-month post-testing)
- This study will not include Adults unable to consent, Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers), and prisoners. The study may include pregnant women
Where in United States
- Weill Cornell Medicine, Starr FacilityNew York, United StatesContact: Valentina Marulanda-Corzo, MDNot yet recruiting
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this study is to learn if a meditation intervention called Transcendental Meditation or TM can be used in a small department at Weill Cornell Medicine to help reduce employees' levels of burnout, anxiety, insomnia, and depression as well as to determine the feasibility and acceptability of the meditation practice by Weill Cornell employees. The main question the study aims to answer is whether:
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• Levels of burnout, anxiety, insomnia, and depression will be decreased, and overall mental well-being will improve over a 3.5-month period before and after TM intervention.
Participants will attend 9 sessions total (8 group sessions and 1 individual session) with a certified TM instructor from The David Lynch Foundation Institute for Mental Health and Resilience where they will gain experience in proper TM techniques. Also, participants will conduct 2 of their own TM sessions at home daily during the course of this study.
The group in the trial
- Transcendental MeditationTreatment being tested
Participants will undergo a TM training program of nine sessions and practice the TM technique twice daily for approximately 20 minutes
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- A Pilot Intervention to Reduce Burnout and Enhance Resilience Through Transcendental Meditation Among NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medicine Employees and Residents
- Plain-language title
- Transcendental Meditation for Burnout Among Hospital Employees and ResidentsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 9 October 2026