Smartwatch and Physician Well-Being

Professional Burnout Clinical Trial

Official title:

Smartwatch and Physician Well-being: Are Wearables Part of the Solution?

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05463250
• Other study ID #: 22-0799
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 1, 2023
• Est. completion date: May 2024

Study information

• Verified date: December 2023
• Source: University of Colorado, Denver
• Contact: Lotte Dyrbye, MD MHPE
• Phone: 3037244982
• Email: liselotte.dyrbye[@]cuanschutz.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The prevalence of burnout and other forms of distress among physicians is alarmingly high. This clinical trial is being conducted to learn more about if wearing a Smartwatch and having access to its data improves physicians' sense of well-being and if data measured from Smartwatches contain a 'signal' that predicts well-being

Description:

We will conduct a randomized controlled trail to evaluate if wearing a Smartwatch improves overall well-being among physicians, and if so, in which dimension of well-being (e.g., fatigue, stress, overall quality of life, burnout). Additionally, we will explore if data from Smartwatches can predict subsequent well-being among physicians.

Study Aims:

1. To determine if wearing a Smartwatch and having access to its physiological data (e.g., sleep, step count, activity, breathing reminders) improves well-being, and if so which well-being dimensions.

2. To determine whether continuous physiological measures (measured from Smartwatches) contain a 'signal' that predicts physician well-being, and if so in which dimensions.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 184
• Est. completion date: May 2024
• Est. primary completion date: May 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Physician

Exclusion Criteria:

• non physicians

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burnout, Professional
• Professional Burnout

Intervention

Device:
• Smartwatch
Wearing a smartwatch and having access to its data

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Lotte Dyrbye	Aurora	Colorado

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Colorado, Denver	Mayo Clinic, Physicians Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Burnout	The Maslach Burnout Inventory measures emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and low sense of personal accomplishment. Possible scores range from 0-27 (emotional exhaustion subscale), 0-10 (depersonalization subscale), and 0-40 (personal accomplishment subscale). Higher scores on the emotional exhaustion and depersonalization subscales and lower scores on the personal accomplishment subscale indicates worse outcome.	Up to 12 months
Secondary	Physician Well-Being Index	The Physician Well-Being Index measures multiple dimensions of distress (burnout, fatigue, quality of life, stress) and satisfaction with work-life integration and meaning in work. The total score ranges from -2 to 9, with higher scores indicating a greater degree of distress, lower meaning in work, and less satisfaction with work-life integration.	Up to 12 months