Evaluation of Mind-body Educational Program to Enhance Resiliency and Reduce Burnout in First Year Residents

NCT02621788 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 2014P000234
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 85
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

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.

Conditions

Stress

Keywords

mind/body medicine; 3RP; stress management; resident burnout

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Change in burnout levels post intervention

  Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI), a validated 22-item self-report measure of professional burnout in human services. The MBI consists of 3 subscales of burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low sense of personal accomplishment.

  change between baseline (week 0) and post intervention (week 52)

• Change in perceived stress post intervention

  Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10)

  change between baseline (week 0) and post intervention (week 52)

• Change in continuous physiologic data throughout intervention

  Basis Peak Health Tracking device collects continuous physiologic data (heart rate, galvanized skin response, sleep duration and quality, exercise and actigraphy)

  change between baseline (week 0) and post intervention (week 52)

• change in coping abilities post intervention

  Measure of Coping Status-Revised (MOCS-R)

  change between baseline (week 0) and post intervention (week 52)

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• change in self-reported anxiety and depression

  change between baseline (week 0) and post intervention (week 52)

Study Arms (1)

First Year Residents

EXPERIMENTAL

Stress Management and Resiliency Training for Residents (SMART-R) delivered to first year residents in the departments of medicine and psychiatry at Massachusetts General Hospital

Behavioral: Stress Management and Resiliency Training for Residents (SMART-R)

Interventions

Stress Management and Resiliency Training for Residents (SMART-R) BEHAVIORAL

The SMART-R is a mind-body Educational Program for residents that is aimed at reducing the impact of stress and enhancing coping strategies through skill building exercises. The intervention consists of 3, 2 hour sessions over the course of 12 months.

First Year Residents

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Massachusetts General Hospital: lead

Study Sites (1)

MGH department of medicine and department of psychiatry

Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States

Location

Study Officials

• John Denninger, M.D./PhD

  Massachusetts General Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of Research

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 14, 2015
• First Posted: December 4, 2015
• Study Start: April 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2015
• Study Completion: July 1, 2015
• Last Updated: December 4, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-12

Locations

US (1)