Effect of Physician Peer Coaching on Burnout in Hospital-Based Physicians: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial (CHEER)

April 16, 2024 updated by: Prasanna Tadi, Geisinger Clinic
The prevalence of burnout symptoms among physicians is high, especially for acute care physicians. Physician burn out is a long-term stress reaction marked by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a lack of sense of personal accomplishment. The healthcare environment, due to its demanding pace and emotional intensity, puts physicians at high risk for burnout.

Study Overview

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Physician-Led Professional Coaching is a one-on-one intervention between a physician coach and an individual physician that is systematic, collaborative, future-focused, goal-oriented and is meant to help coaches attain valued professional or personal development. The trial will be conducted with 25 participants in an intervention cohort and 25 participants in a control. The intervention cohort will receive 6 individual coaching sessions over 6 months. Coaching sessions will use the CHEER acronym for conducting the coaching sessions: Celebrate, Hear, Executive coaching, Engage, and Recharge. The control group will be eligible for coaching sessions after the completing of the interventional arm. Physicians randomized to the control arm will be offered the same individualized coaching sessions as those that were in the intervention group. Te Maslach Burnout Inventory survey will be used to measure burnout and will be collected at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, and 9 months. The physician coach will be blinded to all survey data as it is being collected.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

50

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Pennsylvania
      • Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States, 18711
        • Geisinger

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

18 years to 89 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Geisinger Physician
  • Practicing medicine at least 6 months in the Geisinger system

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Currently seeking professional coaching sessions
  • Planning to leave the Geisinger system within 1 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: Supportive Care
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Active Comparator: Coaching Group
This arm will receive physician led coaching during the first 6 months of the study.
Behavioral: Physician Led Professional Coaching
This is a one-on-one intervention between a physician coach and an individual physician. This is meant to help coaches attain valued professional or personal development.
Placebo Comparator: Non-Coached Group
This arm will not receive physician led coaching until after the Coaching Group is finished with their coaching.
Behavioral: Delayed Physician Led Professional Coaching
This intervention will include professional one-on-one professional coaching delayed from the active comparator group.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in burnout as measured by the Maslach Burnout Inventory
Time Frame: 9 months
Providers will be asked to complete Maslach Burnout Inventory surveys at specific times during the coaching intervention. The surveys are based on a score of 0 (never) to 6 (every day) and used to determine if there is a reduction in provider burnout.
9 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in work environment factors contributing to burnout by Areas of Work life Survey
Time Frame: 9 months
Providers will be asked to complete Areas of Work life surveys at specific times during the coaching intervention. The surveys are based on a score of 1 (Strongly Disagree) to 5 (Strongly Agree) and used to determine if there is a reduction in provider workload.
9 months

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

Geisinger Clinic

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Prasanna Tadi, MD, Geisinger Clinic

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 (Actual)

June 22, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 14, 2023

Study Completion (Estimated)

June 30, 2024

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 1, 2022

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 14, 2022

First Posted (Actual)

February 23, 2022

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

April 18, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 16, 2024

Last Verified

April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2022-0144

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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