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NCT Number: NCT02947477

Emotion Tracking Study for Residents

The proposed study will develop and pilot a fourteen-day assessment tailored for the high-demand schedule of residents through a smart phone intervention, EmoTrak.EmoTrak uses ecological measurement assessment (EMA), which solicits real-time user feedback at various time points across a series of days or weeks.

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Key information

Conditions

Stress, Emotional Behavior Behavioral Symptoms Stress, Psychological

Age range

21 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of California

San Francisco, California, 94114, United States

About this study

The investigators will perform a randomized controlled trial that compares residents, using EmoTrak with a wait list control group. After two weeks, the active control group becomes the treatment group. All participants will be evaluated four times from at baseline to two months. The measures to explore for any pre and post change are stress reduction on the emotional exhaustion scale of the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) and improved resilience on the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS).

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Currently in Residency or Fellowship at UCSF

Exclusion criteria

  • Not having an Iphone

Treatment and study plan

EmoTrak

Behavioral

Ecological Momentary Assessment of Emotion through Iphone App

Primary outcomes

  1. Retention of Participants Iphone App for Residents

    Time frame: 14 days

    Quantify amount of drop out through out the 14 day study and how many reports are responded two daily

  2. Acceptability of Iphone App for Residents Online Evaluation and Mini Interviews

    Time frame: 30 days

    Evaluate online questions and qualitative mini interviews about the usability of the app

Secondary outcomes

  1. Real Time Assessment Comparison to Standardized Measures

    Time frame: 35 days

    Compare Pre, Post and Midway Assessments of Stress, Burnout and Emotion Awareness with daily, longitudinal measures to explore relationships between these sources of data.

  2. Ecological Assessment of Emotions Compared to Standardized Emotion Awareness Measures, PANAS

    Time frame: 14 days

    Comparing the daily reports of emotions in comparison to the PANAS scale of last week of experienced emotions

  3. Ecological Assessment of Stress Compared to Standardized Perceived Stress and Emotional Exhaustion from the Maslach Burnout Inventory

    Time frame: 14 days

    Comparing the daily reports of stress s in comparison to the week of stress as measured by PSS and MBI.

Other outcomes

  1. Exploratory Analysis of Reduction in Pre and Post Reported Emotional Exhaustion on the MBI

    Time frame: 30 days

    Exploratory analysis of pre and post reduction of participants using EmoTrak versus wait list control on Emotional Exhaustion subscale of Burnout.

  2. Exploratory Analysis of Reduction in Pre and Post Reported Stress on PSS and MBI

    Time frame: 30 days

    Exploratory analysis of pre and post improvements of participants using EmoTrak versus wait list control on Perceived Stress.

  3. Exploratory Analysis of Increase in Pre and Post Reported Resilience on the CDRisc

    Time frame: 30 days

    Exploratory analysis of pre and post improvements of participants using EmoTrak versus wait list control on a measure of resilience to dealing with stress.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, San Francisco

Other

Registry information

Official study title

EmoTrak, Ecological Momentary Assessment of Emotion, Stress and Satisfaction Among Residents

Acronym: ETSR

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Oct 28, 2016
Registry last updated
Jan 18, 2020

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