A Study of a Mental Fitness Intervention for Anesthesiology Resident Wellbeing and Self-Compassion

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Conditions studied: Wellness, Self Compassion, Burnout, Anxiety, Depression

In brief

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if app-based wellness programs can help improve wellbeing and self-compassion for medical residents. This is a pilot study, which is done on a small group of people to learn if a larger study would be useful. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. Are app-based wellness interventions feasible and acceptable in a high-stress population like medical residents? 2. Can app-based wellness programs improve wellbeing and self-compassion in medical residents? Researchers will compare the app-based wellness program to a time- and attention-matched control program. Participants will: * Complete online questionnaires at the start of the study and again after completion of the wellness program * Be assigned by chance (like a coin toss) to one of two different app-based programs, and will participate in the assigned program for 6 weeks. Both programs will involve weekly lessons and brief, daily exercises. Engagement with these exercises will not be mandatory but highly encouraged.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07639827

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

60

Starts

2026-08-01

Expected to finish

2027-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-16

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Current PGY4 anesthesiology resident at Massachusetts General Hospital or Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Willingness to provide informed consent
• Resident Loved One Inclusion Criteria
• The choice of a resident loved one will be at the discretion of the resident.
• This may include partners, family, friends or other loved ones.
• Only one individual per resident will be eligible to participate.
• Residents will be eligible to participate even if no loved one is identified.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to complete English-language questionnaires
• Inability to access and use the intervention components (smartphone app/web platform)
• Age <18 years
• Concurrent participation in another interventional study designed to target mental fitness or wellbeing

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Brigham and Women's Hospital — Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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