Supporting the Wellness of Ontario Physicians During COVID-19

Anxiety Clinical Trial

Official title:

Supporting the Wellness of Ontario Physicians During COVID-19

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04803812
• Other study ID #: 39707
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 26, 2021
• Est. completion date: September 2, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: November 2021
• Source: Ontario Medical Association
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 19124
• Est. completion date: September 2, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: September 2, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Anxiety
• Happiness
• Mental Health Wellness 1

Intervention

Other:
• Remote SMS (short message service, also known as "text message") delivery
Assessing the comparative effects of SMS types (storytelling; resources/strategies; and a combination of both) on physician wellbeing.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Ontario Medical Association	Toronto	Ontario

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ontario Medical Association	The Behavioural Insights Team

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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	Happiness (UK ONS measure)	Self-reported happiness scores, as measured through weekly pulse surveys using a question developed by the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) - hereby referred to as ONS-happiness ("on a scale where 0 is "not at all" and 10 is "completely", overall, how happy did you feel yesterday?"). This scale has a range from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater happiness.	6 months
Secondary	Anxiety (UK ONS measure)	Self-reported anxiety scores, as measured through pulse surveys using an ONS question, hereby referred to as ONS-anxiety ("on a scale where 0 is "not at all" and 10 is "completely", overall, how anxious did you feel yesterday?"). This scale has a range from 0 to 10, with higher scores indicating greater anxiety.	6 months