Supporting the Wellness of Ontario Physicians During COVID-19

NCT04803812 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 39707
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 19,124
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

In light of the coronavirus pandemic, the challenge of physician burnout has taken on a new urgency. Long-hours and difficult, sometimes unsafe work conditions are creating a severe strain for emergency physicians and others on the frontlines of Ontario's response to COVID-19. There are a variety of evidence-informed ways that physicians can protect their wellbeing with modest investments of time and energy that will be applied. The evaluation will be a randomized trial comparing the outcomes from each of the three treatment arms. Researchers may also use a pre-post comparison with control parameters to conduct an exploratory analysis to assess efficacy.

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1; Anxiety; Happiness

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Wellbeing (Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale measure)

  Self-reported wellbeing scores, as measured by the short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale--(S)WEMWBS. The (S)WEMWBS is designed to measure positive mental wellbeing and asks people to what extent they agree with statements such as "I've been feeling optimistic about the future", "I've been feeling relaxed", and "I've been feeling close to people". This scale has a range of 7 to 35; higher scores indicate higher positive mental wellbeing.

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Happiness (UK ONS measure)

  6 months

• Anxiety (UK ONS measure)

  6 months

Study Arms (3)

Receive weekly SMS containing wellness stories shared by other Ontario physicians

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Remote SMS (short message service, also known as "text message") delivery

Receive weekly SMS containing aim wellness resources/strategies.

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Remote SMS (short message service, also known as "text message") delivery

Receive weekly SMS combining wellness stories & resources/strategies

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Remote SMS (short message service, also known as "text message") delivery

Interventions

Remote SMS (short message service, also known as "text message") delivery OTHER

Assessing the comparative effects of SMS types (storytelling; resources/strategies; and a combination of both) on physician wellbeing.

Receive weekly SMS combining wellness stories & resources/strategies; Receive weekly SMS containing aim wellness resources/strategies.; Receive weekly SMS containing wellness stories shared by other Ontario physicians

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Active membership to the Ontario Medical Association (OMA). Up-to-date cell phone information registered to the OMA.

You may not qualify if:

• Participation in the OMA Physician Burnout Task Force. Opt-out from the intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ontario Medical Association: lead
• The Behavioural Insights Team: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Ontario Medical Association

Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3C1, Canada

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Anxiety Disorders

Interventions

Parturition

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Disorders

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pregnancy; Reproduction; Reproductive Physiological Phenomena; Reproductive and Urinary Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• James Wright

  Ontario Medical Association

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 8, 2021
• First Posted: March 18, 2021
• Study Start: January 26, 2021
• Primary Completion: September 2, 2021
• Study Completion: September 2, 2021
• Last Updated: November 30, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-11

Locations

CA (1)