Characterization of Medical Student Burnout Using Remote Physiologic Monitoring

Thomas Jefferson University

Status: Invitation-only

Conditions: Remote Monitoring; Burnout; Wellness

Treatments: Device: WHOOP strap 4.0 (full data access); Device: WHOOP strap 4.0 (partial data access)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05510102

21D.754

Details and patient eligibility

About

A reliable method for monitoring stress and burnout among medical students is critically needed. To address this gap, our team aims to utilize the cost-effective WHOOP strap 4.0 wearable device to continuously capture stress-relevant physiologic data (i.e., sleep hours, heart rate variability, respiration rate, resting heart rate) among up to 50 third-year medical students at 24 Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University for 6 months.

Full description

Aim 1: To determine whether physiologic metrics of sleep and heart rate variability correlate with subjective assessments of medical student wellness in a 6-month period.

Hypothesis: Less total sleep hours will correlate with higher scores for Perceived Stress Scale-4, Medical Student Well-Being Index, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9, but lower heart rate variability will correlate with higher scores on Perceived Stress Scale-4, Medical Student Well Being Index, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

Aim 2: To determine whether physiologic metrics of sleep and heart rate variability correlate with performance on shelf examinations for clinical rotations in a 6-month period.

Hypothesis: Less total sleep hours and lower heart rate variability will correlate with poorer performance on shelf examinations.

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 99 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Third-year medical student at Thomas Jefferson University
• ≥18 years of age
• Actively participating in family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, surgery, or emergency medicine rotations
• Own a smart phone for Bluetooth pairing with WHOOP strap 4.0

Exclusion criteria

• Allergies, contraindications, or unwillingness to wear a wrist device for the study period

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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50 participants in 2 patient groups

Treatment group

Experimental group

Description:

Subjects will have full remote monitoring data access throughout the entirety of the study (6 months).

Treatment:

Device: WHOOP strap 4.0 (full data access)

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Subjects will be blinded to remote monitoring data for the first 3 months of the study followed by an unblinding and full access to remote monitoring data at the 3 month mark (continued for the remainder of the study).

Treatment:

Device: WHOOP strap 4.0 (partial data access)