A Prospective Study of RISE for Physicians

NCT06462443 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2057666
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the RISE for Physicians program has a significant impact on physicians' burnout, resilience, insight, self-compassion, empowerment, and professional and personal mental health and well-being.

Conditions

Stress; Burn Out

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey

  22-item questionnaire with the following response categories: 0=never, 1=a few times a year or less, 2=once a month or less, 3=a few times a month, 4=once a week, 5=a few times a week, 6=every day

  Baseline, 1-month follow-up, 3-month follow-up

Secondary Outcomes (10)

• Professional Quality of Life Scale

  Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up

• Brief Resilience Scale

  Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up

• Self-Reflection and Insight Scale - Short Form

  Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up

• Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form

  Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up

• General Self-Efficacy Scale

  Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up

Study Arms (1)

Intervention Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention group will attend the RISE for Physicians program, a 2.5 day retreat-style psychoeducational group program facilitated by licensed mental health professionals (LMHPs)

Behavioral: RISE for Physicians Program

Interventions

RISE for Physicians Program BEHAVIORAL

RISE for Physicians Program. Psychoeducational group program designed to impact resilience, insight, self-compassion, and empowerment

Intervention Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• AdventHealth employed or contract physician
• Or non-employed physician with AdventHealth privileges (hospital, emergency room, or AHMG practice)

You may not qualify if:

• A resident physician
• Advanced practice provider
• Executive leader

Sponsors & Collaborators

• AdventHealth: lead

Study Sites (1)

AdventHealth

Orlando, Florida, 32804, United States

Location

Related Publications (13)

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  PMID: 34154451 BACKGROUND

• Cohen S, Kamarck T, Mermelstein R. A global measure of perceived stress. J Health Soc Behav. 1983 Dec;24(4):385-96. No abstract available.

  PMID: 6668417 BACKGROUND

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  PMID: 17339617 BACKGROUND

• Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB. The Patient Health Questionnaire-2: validity of a two-item depression screener. Med Care. 2003 Nov;41(11):1284-92. doi: 10.1097/01.MLR.0000093487.78664.3C.

  PMID: 14583691 BACKGROUND

• Litz BT, Plouffe RA, Nazarov A, Murphy D, Phelps A, Coady A, Houle SA, Dell L, Frankfurt S, Zerach G, Levi-Belz Y; Moral Injury Outcome Scale Consortium. Defining and Assessing the Syndrome of Moral Injury: Initial Findings of the Moral Injury Outcome Scale Consortium. Front Psychiatry. 2022 Jul 5;13:923928. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.923928. eCollection 2022.

  PMID: 35873252 BACKGROUND

• 6. Maslach C, Jackson SE, Leiter MP. Maslach Burnout Inventory manual, 3rd ed. Palo Alto, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press, 1996.

  BACKGROUND

• Raes F, Pommier E, Neff KD, Van Gucht D. Construction and factorial validation of a short form of the Self-Compassion Scale. Clin Psychol Psychother. 2011 May-Jun;18(3):250-5. doi: 10.1002/cpp.702. Epub 2010 Jun 8.

  PMID: 21584907 BACKGROUND

• Sawyer AT, Bailey AK, Green JF, Sun J, Robinson PS. Resilience, Insight, Self-Compassion, and Empowerment (RISE): A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Psychoeducational Group Program for Nurses. J Am Psychiatr Nurses Assoc. 2023 Jul-Aug;29(4):314-327. doi: 10.1177/10783903211033338. Epub 2021 Jul 23.

  PMID: 34293934 BACKGROUND

• Sawyer AT, Tao H, Bailey AK. The Impact of a Psychoeducational Group Program on the Mental Well-Being of Unit-Based Nurse Leaders: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Jun 2;20(11):6035. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20116035.

  PMID: 37297639 BACKGROUND

• 10. Schwarzer, R., & Jerusalem, M. (1995). Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale. J. Weinman, S. Wright, & M. Johnston, Measures in health psychology: A user's portfolio. Causal and control beliefs, 35, 37.

  BACKGROUND

• 11. Silva PJ. The Self-Reflection and Insight Scale: Applying item response theory to craft an efficient short form. Curr Psychol. 2022;41:8635-8645. doi:10.1007/s12144-020-01299-7

  BACKGROUND

• Smith BW, Dalen J, Wiggins K, Tooley E, Christopher P, Bernard J. The brief resilience scale: assessing the ability to bounce back. Int J Behav Med. 2008;15(3):194-200. doi: 10.1080/10705500802222972.

  PMID: 18696313 BACKGROUND

• 13. Stamm, B. H. (2010). Professional Quality of Life: Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Version 5 (ProQOL). http://www.proqol.org.

  BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Burnout, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Amanda T Sawyer, PhD

  AdventHealth

  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: SPONSOR

Model Details: Single group assignment

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 12, 2024
• First Posted: June 17, 2024
• Study Start: June 3, 2024
• Primary Completion: November 12, 2025
• Study Completion: November 12, 2025
• Last Updated: November 17, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)