Impact of a Wearable Fitness Tracker on Otolaryngologists' Burnout

July 29, 2021 updated by: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Study the impact of the WHOOP fitness tracker on burnout in attending and resident otolaryngologists

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The study will be a randomized controlled trial of attending and resident otolaryngologists who will be randomized to either wearing a WHOOP fitness tracker or a control group. Participants will take two Maslach burnout inventory (MBI) surveys prior to the start of the intervention to set a baseline burnout score, and then at 3 months and 6 months into the study. Baseline cardiac status will also be established by taking a pre-intervention heart rate and blood pressure.

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All attending and resident Otolaryngologists at Wake Forest Baptist Health

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Users of a WHOOP device currently
  • Current interns will be excluded given they do not work with the Otolaryngology team the whole year

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Study arm (receive a WHOOP device)
Participants randomized to the WHOOP group will be given WHOOP wrist and arm bands to wear 24/7 after an orientation on their use
Behavioral: WHOOP fitness tracker
WHOOP is a device that uses a wristband or arm band to track heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), and sleep to calculate proprietary strain and recovery scores for its users. Heart rate variability is an important metric for correlation with acute stress
No Intervention: Control arm (no intervention)
The control group will not have any intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Scores - emotional exhaustion
Time Frame: Baseline through Month 6
MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from "never" to "daily" - emotional exhaustion (9 items) - Higher scores indicate higher burnout (worse) than lower scores (better)
Baseline through Month 6
Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Scores - emotional exhaustion
Time Frame: Baseline through Month 3
MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from "never" to "daily" - emotional exhaustion (9 items) - Higher scores indicate higher burnout (worse) than lower scores (better)
Baseline through Month 3
Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Scores - depersonalization
Time Frame: Baseline through Month 3
MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from "never" to "daily" - depersonalization (5 items) - Higher scores indicate higher burnout (worse) than lower scores (better)
Baseline through Month 3
Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Scores - depersonalization
Time Frame: Baseline through Month 6
MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from "never" to "daily" - depersonalization (5 items) - Higher scores indicate higher burnout (worse) than lower scores (better)
Baseline through Month 6
Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Scores - personal achievement
Time Frame: Baseline through Month 3
MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from "never" to "daily" - personal achievement (8 items) - Higher scores indicate higher burnout (worse) than lower scores (better)
Baseline through Month 3
Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Scores - personal achievement
Time Frame: Baseline through Month 6
MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from "never" to "daily" - personal achievement (8 items) - Higher scores indicate higher burnout (worse) than lower scores (better)
Baseline through Month 6

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Lyndsay Madden, DO, Wake Forest Health Sciences

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

July 1, 2021

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

January 1, 2022

Study Completion (Anticipated)

February 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 29, 2021

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 29, 2021

First Posted (Actual)

February 4, 2021

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 2, 2021

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 29, 2021

Last Verified

January 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • IRB00070943

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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