A Study of a Mental Fitness Intervention for Anesthesiology Resident Wellbeing and Self-Compassion
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorMassachusetts General Hospital
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if app-based wellness programs can help improve wellbeing and self-compassion for medical residents. This is a pilot study, which is done on a small group of people to learn if a larger study would be useful. The main questions it aims to answer are:
1. Are app-based wellness interventions feasible and acceptable in a high-stress population like medical residents? 2. Can app-based wellness programs improve wellbeing and self-compassion in medical residents?
Researchers will compare the app-based wellness program to a time- and attention-matched control program.
Participants will:
* Complete online questionnaires at the start of the study and again after completion of the wellness program * Be assigned by chance (like a coin toss) to one of two different app-based programs, and will participate in the assigned program for 6 weeks. Both programs will involve weekly lessons and brief, daily exercises. Engagement with these exercises will not be mandatory but highly encouraged.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Current PGY4 anesthesiology resident at Massachusetts General Hospital or Brigham and Women's Hospital
Willingness to provide informed consent
The choice of a resident loved one will be at the discretion of the resident.
This may include partners, family, friends or other loved ones.
Disqualifiers
Inability to complete English-language questionnaires
Inability to access and use the intervention components (smartphone app/web platform)
Age <18 years
Concurrent participation in another interventional study designed to target mental fitness or wellbeing
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- App-based bundled mental fitness intervention
- App-based wellness module collection
Treatment groups
60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
Source ClinicalTrials.gov