Supporting the Wellness of Ontario Physicians During COVID-19
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Mental Health Wellness 1
- Sponsor
- Ontario Medical Association
- Enrollment
- 19124
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Wellbeing (Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale measure)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 4 years ago
Overview
Brief 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.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
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.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Wellbeing (Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale measure)
Time Frame: 6 months
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.
Secondary Outcomes
- Anxiety (UK ONS measure)(6 months)
- Happiness (UK ONS measure)(6 months)