Emotion Tracking Study for Residents

NCT02947477 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: RAPFUNDEKMAN
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Stress, Emotional

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• 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 Outcomes (3)

• Real Time Assessment Comparison to Standardized Measures

  35 days

• Ecological Assessment of Emotions Compared to Standardized Emotion Awareness Measures, PANAS

  14 days

• Ecological Assessment of Stress Compared to Standardized Perceived Stress and Emotional Exhaustion from the Maslach Burnout Inventory

  14 days

Other Outcomes (3)

• Exploratory Analysis of Reduction in Pre and Post Reported Emotional Exhaustion on the MBI

  30 days

• Exploratory Analysis of Reduction in Pre and Post Reported Stress on PSS and MBI

  30 days

• Exploratory Analysis of Increase in Pre and Post Reported Resilience on the CDRisc

  30 days

Study Arms (2)

Treatment

EXPERIMENTAL

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

Control

NO INTERVENTION

The control arm does nothing for 14 days and then receives the 14 day emotion tracking listed above.

Interventions

EmoTrak BEHAVIORAL

Ecological Momentary Assessment of Emotion through Iphone App

Treatment

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Currently in Residency or Fellowship at UCSF

You may not qualify if:

• Not having an Iphone

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, San Francisco: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of California

San Francisco, California, 94114, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Riess H, Kelley JM, Bailey RW, Dunn EJ, Phillips M. Empathy training for resident physicians: a randomized controlled trial of a neuroscience-informed curriculum. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Oct;27(10):1280-6. doi: 10.1007/s11606-012-2063-z. Epub 2012 May 2.

  PMID: 22549298 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stress, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Eve Ekman, PhD

  University of California, San Francisco

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 24, 2016
• First Posted: October 28, 2016
• Study Start: October 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: December 17, 2017
• Study Completion: December 17, 2017
• Last Updated: January 18, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-01

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)