Clinical trial NCT05148221: Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Resident Wellness Study
Official title: Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Resident Wellness Study: Feasibility of a Tailored Virtual Exercise Program and Its Impacts on Sleep Patterns and Subjective Mental Fatigue Among Family Medicine Residents: A Step Towards Prevention of Burnout in Early Career Physicians
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sleep Patterns
Keywords: Acute and Chronic Cognitive Fatigue
Perceived burnout
Family Medicine Residency Program
Lead sponsor: Mayo Clinic
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-12-08
Enrollment: 13
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Brief summary: The objectives of this study are to better understand the association between sleep characteristics (sleep disruptions and deprivations) during overnight shifts and mental fatigue among medical residents, and to explore the feasibility of a virtual, tailored exercise program on sleep characteristics, subjective mental fatigue, and burnout level among residents in family medicine.

Detailed description: The purpose of the proposed study is two-fold: 1) to better understand the association between sleep characteristics (sleep disruptions and deprivations) during overnight shifts and mental fatigue among medical residents; and 2) to explore the feasibility of a three-week tailored, virtual exercise program on sleep characteristics, subjective mental fatigue, and burnout level among residents in family medicine. It is hypothesized that: 1) the greater the number of average sleep disruptions, and the greater the sleep deprivation, the greater the acute mental fatigue during overnight shifts reported by the family medicine residents; 2) the number of average sleep disruptions and the magnitude of sleep deprivation are greater during overnight shifts than non-overnight shifts among family medicine residents; and 3) a three-week tailored virtual exercise program will significantly increase the amount of physical activity throughout the day and reduce the levels of mental fatigue and perceived burnout during overnight shifts.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

• A Family Medicine Resident at the Mayo Clinic Health System of Eau Claire in either the PGY-1 Year, PGY-2 Year, or PGY-2 Year (5 residents from each year).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participant is not able to wear the devices for the assigned timeframe.
* Any condition the investigator considers will prevent compliance with study instructions.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Work-related mental fatigue
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Work-related burnout
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Sleep duration
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Sleep disruptions
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Horizontal shifts during sleep per night
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
Other outcomes:
measure: Exercise duration
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
measure: Exercise Frequency
timeFrame: up to 4 weeks
Locations:
city: Eau Claire
country: United States
facility: Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire
state: Wisconsin
Study officials:
affiliation: Mayo Clinic
name: Terri Nordin, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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