Lifestyle Coaching for Fatigue Mitigation in Emergency Medicine Residents

Stanford University

Status: Begins enrollment in 2 months

Conditions: Self Efficacy; Alertness; Lifestyle, Healthy; Shift-Work Related Sleep Disturbance; Self-Compassion; Work Related Stress; Sleepiness

Treatments: Behavioral: Handout; Behavioral: Personalized lifestyle coaching and educational handout

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06015646

IRB-67719

254764 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether personalized lifestyle coaching minimizes the negative impact of circadian disruption on performance and recovery in emergency medicine physician trainees during night shifts.

Full description

The goal of this study is to examine whether a brief personalized fatigue-mitigation lifestyle coaching (PFMLC) for emergency medicine residents on overnight shifts would minimize the negative effects of circadian rhythm disruptions on performance and recovery compared to those who receive one-time passive information on lifestyle practices.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Stanford Health Care (SHC) Emergency Medicine residents (PGY 1 to 4)
• Scheduled to work at least 3 consecutive overnight shifts at SHC Emergency Department.

Exclusion criteria

• Non-Stanford Health Care (SHC) Emergency Medicine residents
• Stanford Health Care (SHC) Emergency Medicine residents who are not rotating in Stanford Emergency Medicine Department

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Lifestyle Coaching and Educational Handout

Experimental group

Description:

Lifestyle coach-led 30-minute focused, personalized session in addition to educational handout containing lifestyle tips for fatigue mitigation in night shift workers, which will be given to all participants at the beginning of the study.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Personalized lifestyle coaching and educational handout

Behavioral: Handout

Educational Handout Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

An educational handout containing lifestyle tips for fatigue mitigation in night shift workers will be given to all participants at the beginning of the study. Personalized coaching will not be offered to participants in this arm.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Handout