Clinical trial NCT02621788: Evaluation of Mind-body Educational Program to Enhance Resiliency and Reduce Burnout in First Year Residents
Official title: Evaluation of Mind-body Educational Program to Enhance Resiliency and Reduce Burnout in First Year Residents
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Stress
Keywords: mind/body medicine
3RP
stress management
resident burnout
Lead sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-12-04
Enrollment: 85
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 21
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This prospective pilot study evaluated the benefits of a stress management and resiliency training program for residents (SMART-R).

The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the SMART-R effectively reduces burnout and stress and enhances coping skills in first year residents. Objective parameters (heart rate, galvanized skin response, sleep duration and quality, exercise and actigraphy) measured with the Basis health tracking device will help correlate objective signs to subjective report of stress.

The investigators' hypothesis is that the SMART-R, a curriculum designed to teach first year residents (in the department of Medicine and Psychiatry) relaxation skills, will enhance residents' emotional and physical well being, reduce reports of stress, anxiety, depression, and physical complaints, as well as increase overall resiliency.

Detailed description: The SMART-R has been developed by the Benson-Henry Institute (BHI) of Mind Body Medicine and is aimed at reducing the impact of stress through a variety of skill building exercises. The exercises incorporated into the program have been shown to improve physical symptoms, mood and wellbeing in medical patient populations. However, very little work has focused on healthcare providers, and there are no studies that look at mindfulness interventions for resident physicians specifically.

Participants enrolled will be invited to complete a set of questionnaire before and after participation in the program. The investigators will also collect continuous physiologic data using the Basis Peak Health Tracking device to correlate the physiologic data with self-report measures of stress.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Massachusetts General Hospital first year resident in Department of Medicine or Department of Psychiatry
* 21 years of age or older
* consenting to participate in 3RP-1

Exclusion Criteria:

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Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in burnout levels post intervention
timeFrame: change between baseline (week 0) and post intervention (week 52)
measure: Change in perceived stress post intervention
timeFrame: change between baseline (week 0) and post intervention (week 52)
measure: Change in continuous physiologic data throughout intervention
timeFrame: change between baseline (week 0) and post intervention (week 52)
measure: change in coping abilities post intervention
timeFrame: change between baseline (week 0) and post intervention (week 52)
Secondary outcomes:
measure: change in self-reported anxiety and depression
timeFrame: change between baseline (week 0) and post intervention (week 52)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Boston
country: United States
facility: MGH department of medicine and department of psychiatry
state: Massachusetts
Study officials:
affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
name: John Denninger, M.D./PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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