Effect of a Life Coaching Intervention on the Well-being and Distress of Physicians: A Randomized Clinical Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 招募中
- 入组人数
- 180
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in Quality of Life score at 5 months
研究概览
简要总结
There is a widespread epidemic of distress and burnout (i.e., extreme distress) among Canadian physicians. Burnout is costly to physicians, patients, and healthcare organizations as it compromises physicians' own health and reduces their capacity to deliver high quality, safe care to patients. Life coaching delivered by certified coaches is a personal development tool. Life coaching has been proven to help individuals maximize their strengths and skills to handle stressors, regain control over their lives, act according to their core values, and achieve their full potential, consequently reducing their vulnerability to burnout. The investigators will evaluate life coaching for physicians' well-being in the current Canadian context. Physicians from centres in Canada will be randomly assigned to life coaching (intervention) or no coaching (control) group. The coaching group will receive a 1-hour initial coaching session followed by five 30-minute coaching sessions occurring at a frequency of every 2 to 3 weeks within 5 months (total of 3.5 coaching hours). All coaching sessions will be delivered virtually by certified life coaches. The investigators will assess the impact of coaching on physician distress and quality of life before and after the intervention.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Registered staff physician, resident, or fellow
- •Currently practicing in Canada
- •(For the 'Francophone minority patients' group only) Sometimes conducts thorough consultations completely in French for French-speaking patients outside Quebec
排除标准
- •Previously received life coaching in the last 5 years
- •Currently receiving psychotherapy
研究组 & 干预措施
Coaching
Participants randomized to the coaching group will receive a 1-hour initial professional coaching session followed by five 30-minute professional coaching sessions occurring at a goal frequency of every 2 to 3 weeks within 5 months (total of 3.5 coaching hours). All coaching sessions will be conducted individually (i.e. between one coach and one participant). Participants will be able to request coaching on any topic to individualize the intervention, but the general structure of the sessions will be standardized across participants. All coaching sessions will be performed over the phone or virtual web meeting as standard in coaching practices.
干预措施: Life Coaching (Behavioral)
Control
Participants randomized to the control group will receive "no intervention" but will be asked to complete the distress and wellness survey at the same time points as participants in the intervention group. Participants in the control group will receive the life coaching intervention after the statistical analysis is completed.
结局指标
主要结局
Change in Quality of Life score at 5 months
时间窗: 5 months
Assessed using the reduced version of the World Health Organization (WHO) Quality of Life (QOL) questionnaire (WHOQOL-BREF), one of the most widely used questionnaires for assessing adult QOL, including among healthcare professionals.
次要结局
- Change in Job Empowerment and Meaning score at 5 months(Baseline and 5 months)
- Change in Job Satisfaction score at 5 months(5 months)
- Absence from work due to mental or physical illness(5 months)
- Change in Burnout score at 5 months(5 months)
- Change in Resilience score at 5 months(5 months)
- Change in Job Engagement score at 5 months(5 months)
- Absence from work due to mental or physical illness(Baseline)