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NCT Number: NCT05148221

Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Resident Wellness Study

The objectives of this study are to better understand the association between sleep characteristics (sleep disruptions and deprivations) during overnight shifts and mental fatigue among medical residents, and to explore the feasibility of a virtual, tailored exercise program on sleep characteristics, subjective mental fatigue, and burnout level among residents in family medicine.

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Key information

Conditions

Sleep Patterns

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Mayo Clinic Health System-Eau Claire

Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 54703, United States

About this study

The purpose of the proposed study is two-fold: 1) to better understand the association between sleep characteristics (sleep disruptions and deprivations) during overnight shifts and mental fatigue among medical residents; and 2) to explore the feasibility of a three-week tailored, virtual exercise program on sleep characteristics, subjective mental fatigue, and burnout level among residents in family medicine. It is hypothesized that: 1) the greater the number of average sleep disruptions, and the greater the sleep deprivation, the greater the acute mental fatigue during overnight shifts reported by the family medicine residents; 2) the number of average sleep disruptions and the magnitude of sleep deprivation are greater during overnight shifts than non-overnight shifts among family medicine residents; and 3) a three-week tailored virtual exercise program will significantly increase the amount of physical activity throughout the day and reduce the levels of mental fatigue and perceived burnout during overnight shifts.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • A Family Medicine Resident at the Mayo Clinic Health System of Eau Claire in either the PGY-1 Year, PGY-2 Year, or PGY-2 Year (5 residents from each year).

Exclusion criteria

  • Participant is not able to wear the devices for the assigned timeframe.
  • Any condition the investigator considers will prevent compliance with study instructions.

Treatment and study plan

questionnaires

Other

Once each participant signs an informed consent form upon agreeing to participate in the study, they will be asked to complete a simple demographic questionnaire including year in program, work schedule, self-reported height and weight, age, and sex. They will also be interviewed by a faculty of university of Wisconsin-Eau Claire (UWEC) regarding their current and past exercise habits, exercise preferences, and perceived exercise barriers. Two questionnaires listed above (Occupational Fatigue Exhaustion Recovery (OFER 15) and Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)) will also be completed by each participant on Qualtrics online platform.

Actigraph and activPAL devices

Other

Actigraph and activPAL devices will be set up based on the demographic information and will be provided to each participant to wear for 7 consecutive days during all waking hours and sleep, except when bathing or swimming. If the first 7-day monitoring period was an overnight inpatient week, the second 7-day monitoring period will be scheduled during a non-overnight week. A day before the first day of the second monitoring period, a new set of Actigraph and activPAL devices will be delivered to each participant. Once the second monitoring period ends, devices will be retrieved from each participant, and data will be downloaded from devices.

Primary outcomes

  1. Work-related mental fatigue

    Time frame: up to 4 weeks

    Subjective work-related mental fatigue will be measured using the OFER 15 which has 15 items on a 7-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (strongly disagree) to 6 (strongly agree). The three subscales of OFER 15 include: chronic fatigue (items 1-5), acute fatigue (items 6-10), and inter-shift recovery (items 11-15) experienced in the past few months. Scores for each subscale range from 0-100. Higher scores indicate acute and chronic fatigue and greater inter-shift recovery.

  2. Work-related burnout

    Time frame: up to 4 weeks

    Levels of burnout will be assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) which has 22 items on a 7-point Likert scale of 0 (never) to 6 (every day), consisting of three subscales of burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and personal accomplishment. Low personal accomplishment scores, high emotional exhaustion scores, and high depersonalization scores suggest increased levels of burnout.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Sleep duration

    Time frame: up to 4 weeks

    Number of hours of sleep per night measured using the activePAL inclinometer

  2. Sleep disruptions

    Time frame: up to 4 weeks

    Number of times shifting from lying to upright posture per night measured using the activePAL inclinometer

  3. Horizontal shifts during sleep per night

    Time frame: up to 4 weeks

    Number of horizontal shifts during sleep per night measured using the active PAL inclinometer

Other outcomes

  1. Exercise duration

    Time frame: up to 4 weeks

    Number of minutes per day of exercise measured by Actigraph wGT3Xbt accelerometer

  2. Exercise Frequency

    Time frame: up to 4 weeks

    Number of days per week of exercise measured by Actigraph wGT3Xbt accelerometer

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Mayo Clinic Family Medicine Resident Wellness Study: Feasibility of a Tailored Virtual Exercise Program and Its Impacts on Sleep Patterns and Subjective Mental Fatigue Among Family Medicine Residents: A Step Towards Prevention of Burnout in Early Career Physicians

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
Dec 8, 2021
Registry last updated
Nov 10, 2022

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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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