Evaluating an Intervention for Physician Burnout

Brown University

Status and phase: Enrolling; Phase 2

Conditions: Physician Burnout

Treatments: Other: Online Virtual Training; Other: App-Delivered Mindfulness Training (MT).

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06969950

STUDY00000677

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goals of this randomized controlled trial are 1) to test the efficacy of an app-based program in reducing physician burnout vs. no app (control) in 100 physicians; 2) to explore the role of an online live training to augment outcomes and develop an ongoing and sustainable support community with a subsample of physicians.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Being a physician
2. Able to speak English because all study activities will be conducted in English.
3. 18+ years
4. Direct patient care

Exclusion criteria

1. If using psychotropic medication - not on a stable dosage at least 6 weeks

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 3 patient groups

Experimental: Early App-Delivered Mindfulness Training (MT).

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be asked to utilize the app designed to reduce burnout for 2 weeks

Treatment:

Other: App-Delivered Mindfulness Training (MT).

Later App-Delivered Mindfulness Training (MT).

Other group

Description:

Participants will receive the intervention after the three-month follow-up, not before.

Treatment:

Other: App-Delivered Mindfulness Training (MT).

Experimental: Online Virtual Training

Experimental group

Description:

A sub-group of participants will receive the virtual online training after three-month follow-up or directly after the app-based intervention.

Treatment:

Other: App-Delivered Mindfulness Training (MT).

Other: Online Virtual Training