Intervention Trial to Increase Meaning in Work and Reduce Burnout

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Burnout, Professional

• Registration Number: NCT04466423
• Lead Sponsor: Mayo Clinic

Brief Summary

Collegiality is a one of the great virtues of physician-hood. Mutual support from colleagues to help deal with the challenges of being a physician has long helped physicians manage the stress related to practicing medicine and helped physicians derive meaning from their work. Unfortunately, increased productivity expectations and other changes to the practice of medicine over the last several decades have decreased the time physicians have to interact with colleagues and eroded the fabric of collegiality. Recent studies suggest burnout affects nearly half of U.S. physicians at any given point in time and has substantial personal and professional consequences. The steps organizations can take to promote collegiality are unknown. The goal of the present study is to evaluate the ability of an organizational intervention to encourage collegiality, shared experience, connectedness, and mutual support. This study builds on two prior intervention studies directed by the Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine Program on Physician Well-Being, the first focusing on a small group facilitated well-being curriculum and the second focusing on individual electronic tasks to prompt positive reflection and gratitude.

Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-09-01
• Primary Completion: 2014-10-01
• Study Completion: 2014-10-01
• Status Verified: 2020-07
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-07
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-10
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 125

Inclusion Criteria

• Senior Associate Consultants and Consultants in the Mayo Clinic Department of Medicine will be eligible for this study.

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Exclusion Criteria

• None beyond inclusion criteria.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Burnout	12 month outcomes	Maslach Burnout Inventory results

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Depressive symptoms	12 month outcomes	PRIME-MD
Quality of life	12 month outcomes	LASA QOL
Job satisfaction	12 month outcomes	PJSS
Meaning at work	12 month outcomes	EWS
Social support	12 month outcomes	Social Provisions Scale
Social isolation	12 month outcomes	PROMIS Social Isolation
Job turnover	12 month outcomes	Single item asking about 2-year plans to leave current practice