Clinical trial NCT05510102: Characterization of Medical Student Burnout Using Remote Physiologic Monitoring
Official title: Characterization of Medical Student Burnout Using Remote Physiologic Monitoring
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Phase: NA
Conditions: Wellness
Burnout
Remote Monitoring
Keywords: WHOOP strap 4.0
Lead sponsor: Thomas Jefferson University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-08-22
Enrollment: 50
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Subjects will be randomized to a treatment group (full remote monitoring data) versus a control arm (blinded data).
Primary purpose: DIAGNOSTIC

Brief summary: A reliable method for monitoring stress and burnout among medical students is critically needed. To address this gap, our team aims to utilize the cost-effective WHOOP strap 4.0 wearable device to continuously capture stress-relevant physiologic data (i.e., sleep hours, heart rate variability, respiration rate, resting heart rate) among up to 50 third-year medical students at 24 Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University for 6 months.

Detailed description: Aim 1: To determine whether physiologic metrics of sleep and heart rate variability correlate with subjective assessments of medical student wellness in a 6-month period.

Hypothesis: Less total sleep hours will correlate with higher scores for Perceived Stress Scale-4, Medical Student Well-Being Index, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9, but lower heart rate variability will correlate with higher scores on Perceived Stress Scale-4, Medical Student Well Being Index, and Patient Health Questionnaire-9.

Aim 2: To determine whether physiologic metrics of sleep and heart rate variability correlate with performance on shelf examinations for clinical rotations in a 6-month period.

Hypothesis: Less total sleep hours and lower heart rate variability will correlate with poorer performance on shelf examinations.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Third-year medical student at Thomas Jefferson University
* ≥18 years of age
* Actively participating in family medicine, internal medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, psychiatry, surgery, or emergency medicine rotations
* Own a smart phone for Bluetooth pairing with WHOOP strap 4.0

Exclusion Criteria:

* Allergies, contraindications, or unwillingness to wear a wrist device for the study period

Primary outcomes:
measure: Total sleep hours per night
timeFrame: 180 days
measure: Medical Student Well-Being Index (MSWBI)
timeFrame: 180 days
Secondary outcomes:
measure: REM sleep hours, nightly
timeFrame: 180 days
measure: Deep sleep hours, nightly
timeFrame: 180 days
measure: Resting heart rate, nightly
timeFrame: 180 days
measure: Heart rate variability, nightly
timeFrame: 180 days
measure: Respiration rate, nightly
timeFrame: 180 days
measure: Pulse oximetry, nightly
timeFrame: 180 days
measure: Body temperature, nightly
timeFrame: 180 days
measure: Average duty hours per week
timeFrame: 180 days
measure: Perceived Stress Scale-4
timeFrame: 180 days
measure: Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9)
timeFrame: 180 days
measure: Scores on shelf examinations
timeFrame: 180 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
affiliation: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Department of Cardiology
name: Alexander Hajduczok, MD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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