Longitudinal Mindfulness Intervention to Decrease Burnout in Medical Residents

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Burnout
• Interventions: Other: standard medical education; Behavioral: mindfulness

• Registration Number: NCT04584268
• Lead Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine

Brief Summary

This was a single-site RCT to assess the effect of a longitudinal mindfulness intervention on burnout for first-year (PGY-1) internal medicine (IM) and pediatrics residents. The primary outcome was Maslach Burnout Inventory MBI) scores at baseline and 12 month follow-up. Secondary outcomes were feasibility and perceived benefit of the intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2019-06-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-07-01
• Study Completion: 2020-07-20
• Study First Submitted: 2020-07-23
• Status Verified: 2020-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-10-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-10-05
• Study First Posted: 2020-10-12
• Last Update Posted: 2020-10-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 88

Inclusion Criteria

• Washington University (WUSM) first year residents in internal medicine and pediatrics

Exclusion Criteria

• none

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
control	standard medical education	standard medical resident education
mindfulness	mindfulness	3 30 minute in person interventions as well as promotion and involvement of self-guided meditations on the Insight Timer smart phone application

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)	1 year	burnout score on MBI (score range 0-132); based on three components: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment)
feasibility of intervention in graduate medical education	1 year	ability to insert into the curriculum without barriers or disruption of other education activities, assessed by interviews from residency leadership

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
evaluation of intervention	1 year	survey to assess opinion of intervention (Likert scale)
effect on mindfulness practice	1 year	survey question to assess pre and post-intervention frequency of practicing mindfulness

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Washington University School of Medicine; 🇺🇸 Saint Louis, Missouri, United States