Longitudinal Mindfulness Intervention to Decrease Burnout in Medical Residents

The Washington University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Burnout

Treatments: Behavioral: mindfulness; Other: standard medical education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04584268

201904014

Details and patient eligibility

About

This was a single-site RCT to assess the effect of a longitudinal mindfulness intervention on burnout for first-year (PGY-1) internal medicine (IM) and pediatrics residents. The primary outcome was Maslach Burnout Inventory MBI) scores at baseline and 12 month follow-up. Secondary outcomes were feasibility and perceived benefit of the intervention.

Enrollment: 88 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Washington University (WUSM) first year residents in internal medicine and pediatrics

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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88 participants in 2 patient groups

mindfulness

Experimental group

Description:

3 30 minute in person interventions as well as promotion and involvement of self-guided meditations on the Insight Timer smart phone application

Treatment:

Behavioral: mindfulness

control

Active Comparator group

Description:

standard medical resident education

Treatment:

Other: standard medical education