The WISER Study: Web Based Methods for Enhancing Resilience

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Burnout
• Interventions: Behavioral: WISER

• Registration Number: NCT05636072
• Lead Sponsor: Duke University

Brief Summary

This is a research study to find out if web-based resilience tools can increase well-being.

Enrolled participants will try out one or more brief positive psychology tools. The tools ask participants to reflect on positive experiences or to do an activity (e.g., write a letter of gratitude). The study is entirely online and participants will be prompted to participate via email or text messages.

The study team is interested in the effects of the tools on stress, depression, and burnout in adults. A set of brief surveys are administered before and after using the tool, and again at follow-up periods (e.g., 1, 3, 6 and 12 months). Surveys are collected electronically using the secure, HIPAA-compliant survey software.

There is no direct benefit to participants for participating in this research study aside from the potential to experience improvements in well-being. Risks are minimal and include the potential to feel emotional or psychological distress when asked questions related to burnout.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-11-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-11-23
• Study First Posted: 2022-12-05
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-13
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-17
• Primary Completion: 2027-12-31
• Study Completion: 2027-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8000

Inclusion Criteria

• Adults 18 and over are considered eligible for the study. A sub-sample will include employees (including but not limited to frontline caregivers, support staff and management) of the Duke University Health System, as well as external health systems. All participants will be invited to participate in one or more of the online tools. The investigators will allow the participation of any clinical areas/healthcare worker groups whose leaders express interest in building resilience. The investigators are targeting healthcare workers for recruitment in the study, but adults 18+ are eligible to participate in any of these tools. Identification as a healthcare worker or not is part of data collection in every tool.

Exclusion Criteria

• Adults who are not proficient in English, do not have basic computer skills, or who have prohibitive vision or hearing disabilities will be excluded from this study as they will be incapable of full participation in the intervention and/or the survey process.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Treatment Immediately	WISER	Participants will engage in well-being tools immediately for 1-week.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Emotional Exhaustion as measured by the 5-item Emotional Exhaustion Scale	Baseline, Day 8, and 1, 6, and 12 month follow-ups	Survey scores are measured on a 1-5 Likert-like agreement scale.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Emotional Recovery as measured by the 4-item Emotional Recovery Scale	Baseline, Day 8, and 1, 6, and 12 month follow-ups	Survey scores are measured on a 1-5 Likert-like agreement scale.
Change in Work-life Integration as measured by the 7-item Work-life Integration Scale	Baseline, Day 8, and 1, 6, and 12 month follow-ups	Survey scores are measured with a 1-4 frequency of behaviors scale.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Duke University Health System; 🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States