Emotion Tracking Study for Residents

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The proposed study will develop and pilot a fourteen-day assessment tailored for the high-demand schedule of residents through a smart phone intervention, EmoTrak.EmoTrak uses ecological measurement assessment (EMA), which solicits real-time user feedback at various time points across a series of days or weeks.

Detailed Description
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The investigators will perform a randomized controlled trial that compares residents, using EmoTrak with a wait list control group. After two weeks, the active control group becomes the treatment group. All participants will be evaluated four times from at baseline to two months. The measures to explore for any pre and post change are stress reduction on the emotional exhaustion scale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and improved resilience on the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS).

Official Title
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EmoTrak, Ecological Momentary Assessment of Emotion, Stress and Satisfaction Among Residents

Conditions
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Stress, Emotional

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: EmoTrak


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Currently in Residency or Fellowship at UCSF Exclusion Criteria: Not having an Iphone

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 21 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Treatment<br>The EMA intervention uses twice-a-day interactive questions for emotion tracking including type of emotion, intensity of emotion, trigger to emotion and response to emotion through an Iphone app designed for the study. The study users receive individualized feedback about their daily reporting of emotions, sleep and stress.The study tracking is for 14 days. | Behavioral: EmoTrak<br>* Ecological Momentary Assessment of Emotion through Iphone App<br>|
| No Intervention: Control<br>The control arm does nothing for 14 days and then receives the 14 day emotion tracking listed above. | |

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Retention of Participants Iphone App for Residents | Quantify amount of drop out through out the 14 day study and how many reports are responded two daily | 14 days | 
| Acceptability of Iphone App for Residents Online Evaluation and Mini Interviews | Evaluate online questions and qualitative mini interviews about the usability of the app | 30 days | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Real Time Assessment Comparison to Standardized Measures | Compare Pre, Post and Midway Assessments of Stress, Burnout and Emotion Awareness with daily, longitudinal measures to explore relationships between these sources of data. | 35 days | 
| Ecological Assessment of Emotions Compared to Standardized Emotion Awareness Measures, PANAS | Comparing the daily reports of emotions in comparison to the PANAS scale of last week of experienced emotions | 14 days | 
| Ecological Assessment of Stress Compared to Standardized Perceived Stress and Emotional Exhaustion from the Maslach Burnout Inventory | Comparing the daily reports of stress s in comparison to the week of stress as measured by PSS and MBI. | 14 days |