Mental WellbeingNCT07207265
Comic Relief: Graphic Medicine as Care for Caregivers
An observational study of Mental Wellbeing, run by University of California, Riverside at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Community care workers have been stretched to their capacity and exposed to ongoing trauma through their work addressing persistent health disparities in Inland Empire communities. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Mental Wellbeing
- How many people
- 13 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 14 Nov 2023to 12 Apr 2024
- How long will I take part?
- 7 Weeks
- Phase
- Observational
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Community care workers have been stretched to their capacity and exposed to ongoing trauma through their work addressing persistent health disparities in Inland Empire communities. The study is open to anyone living in the Riverside area who works a caregiver, broadly construed. This may include people working in education, healthcare, and non-profits.
Who may be able to join
- 18 years of age or more, Any care workers in the Inland Empire (Riverside or San Bernardino Counties) will be eligible to participate.
Who cannot join
- There are no other specific exclusion criteria in terms of age, race, or gender, though we will aim to recruit a diverse sample that reflects the diversity in our community.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
University of Riverside, California
Riverside, California, 92521
About this study
Community care workers have been stretched to their capacity and exposed to ongoing trauma through their work addressing persistent health disparities in Inland Empire communities. The coronavirus pandemic and gap in Covid-19 mortality for minorities have highlighted the chronic stressors of racial injustice and dispossession that predate the pandemic and explain why these populations have higher comorbidities. While the pandemic has exacerbated ongoing stressors, the map of this crisis of care may show the way to deeper solutions. The premise of this project is that care occurs in a continuum of caretakers who also require care. The proposal seeks to address and complicate the question: who cares for the caregivers? This study will interrogate the benefits of providing a comics-making workshop, combined with trauma education and somatic experiencing, as a set of resiliency tools for care providers working with traumatized populations.
Read the detailed description
The investigators will recruit up to 20 care workers from community-based organizations to participate in a series of comics workshops, who may also exhibit their work locally. The team will rigorously assess participants' experiences and changes in their wellbeing over time. This project provides preliminary data and a groundwork for larger investigations of how creating a space where caretakers can come together, learn about trauma healing and resiliency building, and share their post-traumatic growth and struggles with one another, increases both the resiliency of caretakers and the larger community.
- Conditions
- Mental Wellbeing
- Keywords
- comics, art workshops, trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout
- Medical subject headings
- Wounds and Injuries, Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, Psychological
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Group intervention: weekly group sessions | Outcome measures: Skovholt Practitioner Professional Resiliency and Self-Care Inventory (Skovholt, 2010) ProQOL: Professional Quality of Life Screening (Stamm, 1997-2008) |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Skovholt Practitioner Professional Resiliency and Self-Care Inventory
Skovholt Practitioner Professional Resiliency and Self-Care Inventory (Skovholt, 2010).
- sub-scale professional vitality (range - 8-40)
- sub-scale personal vitality (range - 11-55)
- sub-scale professional stress (range - 9-45)
- sub-scale personal stress. (range - 10-50) While there is no "optimal" score, higher scores on these scales indicate better outcomes or better ability to navigate stress.
Measured: 1 art workshop per week for 7 weeks
ProQOL: Professional Quality of Life
ProQOL: Professional Quality of Life Screening (Stamm, 1997-2008)
- Compassion satisfaction is about the pleasure you derive from being able to do your work well. (avg score = 37)
- Burnout is associated with feelings of hopelessness and difficulties in dealing with work or in doing your job effectively. (avg score = 22)
- Compassion fatigue, also called secondary trauma and related to Vicarious Trauma, is about your work-related, secondary exposure to extremely stressful events.(avg score = 13) Higher scores on the compassion scale are better; lower scores on burnout and compassion indicate better outcomes.
Measured: 1 workshop per week for 7 weeks
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted3 Oct 2025
- Study start14 Nov 2023
- Primary completion12 Apr 2024
- Study completion12 Apr 2024
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Mental WellbeingStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Other
- Enrolment
- 13 participants (actual)
- Target duration
- 7 Weeks
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, Riverside
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Jennifer Syvertsen, University of California, Riverside
- Investigators
- Jennifer Syvertsen, Principal investigator, University of California, Riverside
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07207265
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- Comic Relief: Graphic Medicine
- Other IDs
- U54MD013368-05
- Status last verified
- Sep 2025
- First submitted
- 26 Sep 2025
- Last updated
- 3 Oct 2025
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No: Because only 13 participants were enrolled in this pilot study, there is a heightened risk of identification even if direct identifiers are removed. Small sample sizes make it much easier for someone to infer or link data back to an individual based on combinations of demographics or clinical features. For these reasons, the Principal Investigator will not share the full individual-level dataset.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 3 Oct 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Comic Relief: Graphic Medicine as Care for Caregivers
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07207265
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- Comic Relief: Graphic Medicine
- Conditions
- Mental Wellbeing
- Keywords
- comics, art workshops, trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 13 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, RiversideUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- Study start
- 14 Nov 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 12 Apr 2024 (actual)
- Study completion
- 12 Apr 2024 (actual)
- First posted
- 3 Oct 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Community care workers have been stretched to their capacity and exposed to ongoing trauma through their work addressing persistent health disparities in Inland Empire communities. The coronavirus pandemic and gap in Covid-19 mortality for minorities have highlighted the chronic stressors of racial injustice and dispossession that predate the pandemic and explain why these populations have higher comorbidities. While the pandemic has exacerbated ongoing stressors, the map of this crisis of care may show the way to deeper solutions. The premise of this project is that care occurs in a continuum of caretakers who also require care. The proposal seeks to address and complicate the question: who cares for the caregivers? This study will interrogate the benefits of providing a comics-making workshop, combined with trauma education and somatic experiencing, as a set of resiliency tools for care providers working with traumatized populations.
Detailed description
The investigators will recruit up to 20 care workers from community-based organizations to participate in a series of comics workshops, who may also exhibit their work locally. The team will rigorously assess participants' experiences and changes in their wellbeing over time. This project provides preliminary data and a groundwork for larger investigations of how creating a space where caretakers can come together, learn about trauma healing and resiliency building, and share their post-traumatic growth and struggles with one another, increases both the resiliency of caretakers and the larger community.
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
- Time perspective
- Other
- Target follow-up
- 7 Weeks
- Number of arms
- 1
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Group intervention: weekly group sessions | – | –Outcome measures: Skovholt Practitioner Professional Resiliency and Self-Care Inventory (Skovholt, 2010) ProQOL: Professional Quality of Life Screening (Stamm, 1997-2008) |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Community care workers have been stretched to their capacity and exposed to ongoing trauma through their work addressing persistent health disparities in Inland Empire communities. The study is open to anyone living in the Riverside area who works a caregiver, broadly construed. This may include people working in education, healthcare, and non-profits.
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- 18 years of age or more, Any care workers in the Inland Empire (Riverside or San Bernardino Counties) will be eligible to participate.
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- There are no other specific exclusion criteria in terms of age, race, or gender, though we will aim to recruit a diverse sample that reflects the diversity in our community.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Primary outcome
Skovholt Practitioner Professional Resiliency and Self-Care Inventory
Time frame: 1 art workshop per week for 7 weeks
Skovholt Practitioner Professional Resiliency and Self-Care Inventory (Skovholt, 2010). * sub-scale professional vitality (range - 8-40) * sub-scale personal vitality (range - 11-55) * sub-scale professional stress (range - 9-45) * sub-scale personal stress. (range - 10-50) While there is no "optimal" score, higher scores on these scales indicate better outcomes or better ability to navigate stress.
ProQOL: Professional Quality of Life
Time frame: 1 workshop per week for 7 weeks
ProQOL: Professional Quality of Life Screening (Stamm, 1997-2008) * Compassion satisfaction is about the pleasure you derive from being able to do your work well. (avg score = 37) * Burnout is associated with feelings of hopelessness and difficulties in dealing with work or in doing your job effectively. (avg score = 22) * Compassion fatigue, also called secondary trauma and related to Vicarious Trauma, is about your work-related, secondary exposure to extremely stressful events.(avg score = 13) Higher scores on the compassion scale are better; lower scores on burnout and compassion indicate better outcomes.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 3 Oct 2025.
- Graphic Medicine as Care for the CaregiversLink provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No. Because only 13 participants were enrolled in this pilot study, there is a heightened risk of identification even if direct identifiers are removed. Small sample sizes make it much easier for someone to infer or link data back to an individual based on combinations of demographics or clinical features. For these reasons, the Principal Investigator will not share the full individual-level dataset.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Jennifer Syvertsen principal investigator
University of California, Riverside
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Mental Wellbeing, run by University of California, Riverside at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 3 Oct 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Skovholt Practitioner Professional Resiliency and Self-Care Inventory (time frame: 1 art workshop per week for 7 weeks). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 3 Oct 2025.