Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Resident Wellness Study

NCT05148221 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 21-007624
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 13
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The objectives of this study are to better understand the association between sleep characteristics (sleep disruptions and deprivations) during overnight shifts and mental fatigue among medical residents, and to explore the feasibility of a virtual, tailored exercise program on sleep characteristics, subjective mental fatigue, and burnout level among residents in family medicine.

Conditions

Sleep Patterns

Keywords

Acute and Chronic Cognitive Fatigue; Perceived burnout; Family Medicine Residency Program

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Work-related mental fatigue

  Subjective work-related mental fatigue will be measured using the OFER 15 which has 15 items on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree). The three subscales of OFER 15 include: chronic fatigue (items 1-5), acute fatigue (items 6-10), and inter-shift recovery (items 11-15) experienced in the past few months. Scores for each subscale range from 0-100. Higher scores indicate acute and chronic fatigue and greater inter-shift recovery.

  up to 4 weeks

• Work-related burnout

  Levels of burnout will be assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) which has 22 items on a 7-point Likert scale of 0 (never) to 6 (every day), consisting of three subscales of burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. Low personal accomplishment scores, high emotional exhaustion scores, and high depersonalization scores suggest increased levels of burnout.

  up to 4 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Sleep duration

  up to 4 weeks

• Sleep disruptions

  up to 4 weeks

• Horizontal shifts during sleep per night

  up to 4 weeks

Other Outcomes (2)

• Exercise duration

  up to 4 weeks

• Exercise Frequency

  up to 4 weeks

Study Arms (1)

A three-week tailored, virtual exercise intervention.

EXPERIMENTAL

A three-week tailored, virtual exercise intervention.

Other: Questionnaires; Other: Actigraph and activPAL devices

Interventions

Questionnaires OTHER

Once each participant signs an informed consent form upon agreeing to participate in the study, they will be asked to complete a simple demographic questionnaire including year in program, work schedule, self-reported height and weight, age, and sex. They will also be interviewed by a faculty of university of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UWEC) regarding their current and past exercise habits, exercise preferences, and perceived exercise barriers. Two questionnaires listed above (Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery (OFER 15) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)) will also be completed by each participant on Qualtrics online platform.

A three-week tailored, virtual exercise intervention.

Actigraph and activPAL devices OTHER

Actigraph and activPAL devices will be set up based on the demographic information and will be provided to each participant to wear for 7 consecutive days during all waking hours and sleep, except when bathing or swimming. If the first 7-day monitoring period was an overnight inpatient week, the second 7-day monitoring period will be scheduled during a non-overnight week. A day before the first day of the second monitoring period, a new set of Actigraph and activPAL devices will be delivered to each participant. Once the second monitoring period ends, devices will be retrieved from each participant, and data will be downloaded from devices.

A three-week tailored, virtual exercise intervention.

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• A Family Medicine Resident at the Mayo Clinic Health System of Eau Claire in either the PGY-1 Year, PGY-2 Year, or PGY-2 Year (5 residents from each year).

You may not qualify if:

• Participant is not able to wear the devices for the assigned timeframe.
• Any condition the investigator considers will prevent compliance with study instructions.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mayo Clinic: lead

Study Sites (1)

Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 54703, United States

Location

Related Links

• Mayo Clinic Clinical Trials

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Surveys and Questionnaires

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Data Collection; Epidemiologic Methods; Investigative Techniques; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Quality of Health Care; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Public Health; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Terri Nordin, MD

  Mayo Clinic

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 18, 2021
• First Posted: December 8, 2021
• Study Start: November 1, 2021
• Primary Completion: July 15, 2022
• Study Completion: July 15, 2022
• Last Updated: November 10, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-11

Locations

US (1)