Supporting the Wellness of Ontario Physicians During COVID-19

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Anxiety; Happiness; Mental Health Wellness 1
• Interventions: Other: Remote SMS (short message service, also known as "text message") delivery

• Registration Number: NCT04803812
• Lead Sponsor: Ontario Medical Association

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-01-26
• Study First Submitted: 2021-02-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-03-16
• Study First Posted: 2021-03-18
• Primary Completion: 2021-09-02
• Study Completion: 2021-09-02
• Status Verified: 2021-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-11-29
• Last Update Posted: 2021-11-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 19124

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Receive weekly SMS containing wellness stories shared by other Ontario physicians	Remote SMS (short message service, also known as "text message") delivery	-
Receive weekly SMS combining wellness stories & resources/strategies	Remote SMS (short message service, also known as "text message") delivery	-
Receive weekly SMS containing aim wellness resources/strategies.	Remote SMS (short message service, also known as "text message") delivery	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Wellbeing (Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale measure)	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 Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Anxiety (UK ONS measure)	6 months	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.
Happiness (UK ONS measure)	6 months	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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ontario Medical Association; 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada