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Evaluation of a Daily Brief Exercise Intervention on Resident Physician Personal Resiliency and Burnout

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Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Status

Completed

Conditions

Burnout, Professional
Burnout Syndrome

Treatments

Behavioral: Prescribed Exercise Program
Behavioral: Usual Exercise Program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study seeks to evaluate the prevalence and characterize predictors of physician burnout in the anesthesia residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The study also seeks to evaluate the effect of an exercise intervention on burnout and personal resiliency (i.e., less individual stress given the same workload).

Full description

A cross-sectional evaluation of burnout, perceived stress, average sleep propensity, and social support and coping mechanisms will be assessed from four years of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Anesthesia residents. Burnout will be assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS).

Participating interns, Anesthesia Residency Class 1 (CA-1), and Anesthesia Residency Class 2 (CA-2) classes will be randomized to 8 weeks of an exercise intervention (15 min of activity at 70% of max heart rate or higher, 5 days a week) to meet the activity recommendations of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion or 8 weeks of continuing their baseline activity level prior to the study.

Enrollment

46 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 50 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center Anesthesiology residents (Class 1(CA-1), Class 2 (CA-2)

Exclusion criteria

  • Failure to sign informed consent
  • Will not be in town and available for the full duration of the study (e.g., 2 or more weeks of vacation or absence)
  • Physical inability to perform the exercise intervention (including health indications)

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Crossover Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

46 participants in 2 patient groups

Arm A: Exercise intervention then usual exercise program
Experimental group
Description:
8 weeks of exercise intervention followed by 8 weeks of usual exercise program
Treatment:
Behavioral: Usual Exercise Program
Behavioral: Prescribed Exercise Program
Arm B: Usual Exercise Program then exercise intervention
Active Comparator group
Description:
8 weeks of usual exercise program followed by 8 weeks of exercise intervention
Treatment:
Behavioral: Usual Exercise Program
Behavioral: Prescribed Exercise Program

Trial documents
1

Trial contacts and locations

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