Resident Observed Burnout After Daily Supplementation With Coffee (ROBSTA)

Coffee drinking is frequently reported as a negative outcome in studies on burnout, but the effect of an increased coffee intake on resident burnout has not been reported in the literature. This study is a prospective, interventional cohort study enrolling up to 50 residents from the Internal Medicine Residency Program to look at the relationship between coffee and resident burnout.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Burnout, Professional
• Intervention / Treatment: Dietary supplement: Daily Supplementation with Coffee

Detailed Description

Resident burnout is increasingly being recognized as detrimental to both physician well being and patient care. It has been linked to an increased rate of medical errors and a reduced quality of patient care. In addition, there have been multiple high-profile physician suicides in the past years. This has resulted in a renewed focus on physician mental health and workload.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 39
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • New York
    • New York, New York, United States, 10016
      • New York University School of Medicine

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• A resident in the NYU Internal Medicine residency program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy or intolerance to coffee or caffeine
• Pregnancy

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Internal Medicine residents at NYU; effect of supplying Internal Medicine residents at NYU with free coffee on self reported features of psychological health, energy and burnout	Dietary supplement: Daily Supplementation with Coffee; At the beginning of study week 2 (study day 8), two coffee machines (one Nespresso Inissia and one Hamilton Beach 46205 12 Cup Programmable Coffee Maker) will be installed in the resident work rooms at each site. Subjects will be provided with free coffee beans, milk, cream, sugar and sweetener

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Self reported feelings of burnout	14 question survey measuring number of cups of coffee and level of exhaustion	1 Month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Coffee consumption measured by self reporting questionaire	Measured by self reporting questionnaire	1 Month
Self reported emotional well being	14 question survey with questions measuring emotional wellbeing	1 Month
Self reported feelings of value	14 question survey with questions measuring feelings of self value	1 Month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Steven Liu, MD, NYU Langone Health

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 22, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 12, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): April 12, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 22, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 22, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): November 28, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): May 22, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 21, 2018
• Last Verified: May 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Stress, Psychological; Occupational Stress; Occupational Diseases; Burnout, Professional; Burnout, Psychological
• Other Study ID Numbers: 17-01011

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No