Evaluation of Mind-body Educational Program to Enhance Resiliency and Reduce Burnout in First Year Residents

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: Stress Management and Resiliency Training for Residents (SMART-R)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02621788

2014P000234

Details and patient eligibility

About

This prospective pilot study evaluated the benefits of a stress management and resiliency training program for residents (SMART-R).

The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the SMART-R effectively reduces burnout and stress and enhances coping skills in first year residents. Objective parameters (heart rate, galvanized skin response, sleep duration and quality, exercise and actigraphy) measured with the Basis health tracking device will help correlate objective signs to subjective report of stress.

The investigators' hypothesis is that the SMART-R, a curriculum designed to teach first year residents (in the department of Medicine and Psychiatry) relaxation skills, will enhance residents' emotional and physical well being, reduce reports of stress, anxiety, depression, and physical complaints, as well as increase overall resiliency.

Full description

The SMART-R has been developed by the Benson-Henry Institute (BHI) of Mind Body Medicine and is aimed at reducing the impact of stress through a variety of skill building exercises. The exercises incorporated into the program have been shown to improve physical symptoms, mood and wellbeing in medical patient populations. However, very little work has focused on healthcare providers, and there are no studies that look at mindfulness interventions for resident physicians specifically.

Participants enrolled will be invited to complete a set of questionnaire before and after participation in the program. The investigators will also collect continuous physiologic data using the Basis Peak Health Tracking device to correlate the physiologic data with self-report measures of stress.

Enrollment: 85 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Massachusetts General Hospital first year resident in Department of Medicine or Department of Psychiatry
• 21 years of age or older
• consenting to participate in 3RP-1

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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85 participants in 1 patient group

First Year Residents

Experimental group

Description:

Stress Management and Resiliency Training for Residents (SMART-R) delivered to first year residents in the departments of medicine and psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital

Treatment:

Behavioral: Stress Management and Resiliency Training for Residents (SMART-R)