Impact of a Wearable Fitness Tracker on Otolaryngologists' Burnout

Wake Forest University (WFU)

Status: Withdrawn

Conditions: Burnout; Wellness; Sleep Deprivation; Stress

Treatments: Behavioral: WHOOP fitness tracker

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04738747

IRB00070943

Details and patient eligibility

About

Study the impact of the WHOOP fitness tracker on burnout in attending and resident otolaryngologists

Full description

The study will be a randomized controlled trial of attending and resident otolaryngologists who will be randomized to either wearing a WHOOP fitness tracker or a control group. Participants will take two Maslach burnout inventory (MBI) surveys prior to the start of the intervention to set a baseline burnout score, and then at 3 months and 6 months into the study. Baseline cardiac status will also be established by taking a pre-intervention heart rate and blood pressure.

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All attending and resident Otolaryngologists at Wake Forest Baptist Health

Exclusion criteria

• Users of a WHOOP device currently
• Current interns will be excluded given they do not work with the Otolaryngology team the whole year

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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0 participants in 2 patient groups

Study arm (receive a WHOOP device)

Experimental group

Description:

Participants randomized to the WHOOP group will be given WHOOP wrist and arm bands to wear 24/7 after an orientation on their use

Treatment:

Behavioral: WHOOP fitness tracker

Control arm (no intervention)

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will not have any intervention