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NCT Number: NCT02540473

Fostering Resilience in Physician Moms

Physicians in general are at risk for burnout, and this risk is heightened among women, particularly mothers. In a randomized design, central hypotheses in this study are that mothers who attend our 12-week Relational Psychotherapy Mothers Group (RPMG) intervention will show significantly greater decreases in stress, depression, burnout, and associated risk biomarker indices, as compared to comparison controls (who would meet in unstructured gatherings, for an hour a week for 12 weeks). Additionally the investigators hypothesize that the gains would be maintained three months after the intervention is completed.

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Key information

Conditions

Stress, Psychological Behavior Behavioral Symptoms

Age range

25 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Mayo Clinic in Arizona

Scottsdale, Arizona, 85259, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion of Women and Minorities:

  • This study will be restricted to women physician mothers, who are the target of the manualized RPMG program.
  • The study will not use race or ethnicity as a basis for selecting subjects.

Inclusion of Children:

  • This study does not include children.

Exclusion criteria

  • Participation in this study is open to all Mayo physician mothers with a child under the age of 18 years.
  • As in past RPMG trials, the only exclusion criteria are if mothers were to indicate active suicidality, or meet criteria for psychoses, during initial assessments or during participation in this study.

Treatment and study plan

Manualized therapy

Behavioral

Relational psychotherapy mothers

Control Group

Behavioral

one hour of free time to do with as they wish

Primary outcomes

  1. level of depression

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 months

    Beck Depression Inventory

Secondary outcomes

  1. biomarker of stress

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 months

    C-reactive protein

  2. biomarker of stress

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 months

    nerve-growth factor

  3. Professional functioning

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 months

    The Maslach Burnout Inventory

  4. perceived social support

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 months

    Quality of Social Support Scale

  5. Parenting stress

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 months

    Parenting Stress Inventory

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Other

Collaborators

  • Arizona State University

Registry information

Official study title

Fostering Resilience: An Intervention for Women Physicians at Risk for Burnout

Important dates

Study start
2015
Primary completion
2016
Study completion
2016
First posted
Sep 4, 2015
Registry last updated
Aug 30, 2017

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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