Ameliorating Work Burnout and Medical Residents
Withdrawn before enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Burnout, Professional, Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Distress
In brief
Prior research has demonstrated that during residency years, in particular training to obtain a medical specialty, work burnout is a very prevalent problem. Work burnout is defined as a syndrome of dysfunction in three domains, emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment. (Maslach et. al., 1981). Often, burnout has been associated with poor sleep quality and negative affectivity, such as depression and anxiety. In fact, our preliminary data demonstrate that burnout in medical residents affects sleep quality, and increases negative emotions. Strikingly, burnout in medical residents negatively impacts working performance as well as patient-physician interactions, and hence may affect the quality of health care. However, lacking are studies aimed at understating how work burnout affects cognitive performance and decision making in medical residents. The proposed study will provide essential groundwork in demonstrating the link between burnout and impaired cognitive performance. In addition, the proposed study will demonstrate feasibility for a future trial to test whether an intervention, emWave, integrating a computer based stress management (resilience training), can have a positive impact on residents with high burnout symptoms. The amelioration of psychological risk factors in medical residents may lead to improved physician-patient relationships in the service of improved quality of care.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02736045
- Run by
- Larkin Community Hospital
- People needed
- 0
- Starts
- 2015-07-01
- Expected to finish
- 2016-07-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2023-10-16
Who can join
Age: 25 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Must be a medical resident attending a valid residency program from either Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Surgery or Psychiatry at Larkin Community Hospital
Where it is running
- Larkin Community Hospital — South Miami, Florida, United States
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