Evaluation of Radiology Resident Anxiety When Beginning Emergency Room (ER) Call

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of Radiology Resident Anxiety When Beginning ER Call

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00859066
• Other study ID #: HUM00026874
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 9, 2009
• Last updated: April 26, 2012
• Start date: January 2009
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: April 2012
• Source: University of Michigan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to quantify levels of resident anxiety under the current system (take call alone) and compare results to a modified system.

Description:

The study purpose is to quantify resident perceptions and feelings under the current 1700 call system (take call alone) and compare those with resident perceptions and feelings under a modified system where two partial shifts are taken with an experienced resident ("buddy call") prior to taking call alone.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 19
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: October 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• first year radiology residents

Study Design

Observational Model: Case Control, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Anxiety Disorders
• Stress

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	University of Michigan Hospital	Ann Arbor	Michigan

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Michigan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Improve resident well-being by decreasing anxiety surrounding beginning ER call as a first year radiology resident.		12 months	No