A Prospective Study of RISE for Physicians

November 14, 2025 updated by: AdventHealth

A Prospective Study of RISE (Resilience, Insight, Self-compassion, Empowerment) for Physicians

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the RISE for Physicians program has a significant impact on physicians' burnout, resilience, insight, self-compassion, empowerment, and professional and personal mental health and well-being.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

This study will include 36 subjects recruited from employed physicians and non-employed physicians with privileges at AdventHealth. The study will include data collection along with program participation. Program will consist of a 2.5 day retreat facilitated by a licensed mental health professional. Data collection will be at 3 timepoints and include 10 surveys that are expected to take 30 minutes to complete.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

40

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 Locations

  • United States
    • Florida
      • Orlando, Florida, United States, 32804
        • AdventHealth

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

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • AdventHealth employed or contract physician
  • Or non-employed physician with AdventHealth privileges (hospital, emergency room, or AHMG practice)

Exclusion Criteria:

  • A resident physician
  • Advanced practice provider
  • Executive leader

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

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention Group
Intervention group will attend the RISE for Physicians program, a 2.5 day retreat-style psychoeducational group program facilitated by licensed mental health professionals (LMHPs)
Behavioral: RISE for Physicians Program
RISE for Physicians Program. Psychoeducational group program designed to impact resilience, insight, self-compassion, and empowerment

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Maslach Burnout Inventory - Human Services Survey
Time Frame: Baseline, 1-month follow-up, 3-month follow-up
22-item questionnaire with the following response categories: 0=never, 1=a few times a year or less, 2=once a month or less, 3=a few times a month, 4=once a week, 5=a few times a week, 6=every day
Baseline, 1-month follow-up, 3-month follow-up

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Professional Quality of Life Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
30-item questionnaire with the following response categories: 1=never, 2=rarely, 3=sometimes, 4=often, 5=very often
Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
Brief Resilience Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
6-item questionnaire with the following response categories: 1=strongly agree, 2=disagree, 3=neutral, 4=agree, 5=strongly agree
Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
Self-Reflection and Insight Scale - Short Form
Time Frame: Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
12-item questionnaire with the following response categories: 1=strongly disagree, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7=strongly agree
Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
Self-Compassion Scale - Short Form
Time Frame: Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
12-item questionnaire with the following response categories: 1=almost never, 2, 3, 4, 5=almost always
Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
General Self-Efficacy Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
10-item questionnaire with the following response categories: 1=not at all true, 2=barely true, 3=moderately true, 4=exactly true
Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
Perceived Stress Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
10-item questionnaire with the following response categories: 0=never, 1=almost never, 2=sometimes, 3=fairly often, 4=very often
Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
Work-Life Climate Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
7-item questionnaire with the following response categories: rarely or none of the time (<1 day), some or a little of the time (1-2 days), occasionally or a moderate amount of time (3-4 days), all of the time (5-7 days)
Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
Moral Injury Outcomes Scale
Time Frame: Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
14-item questionnaire with the following response categories: 0=strongly agree, 1=disagree, 2=neither agree or disagree, 3=agree, 4=strongly agree
Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
Generalized Anxiety Disorder - 2 item scale
Time Frame: Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
2-item questionnaire with the following response categories: 0=not at all, 1=several days, 2=more than half the days, 3=nearly every day
Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
Patient Health Questionnaire - 2 item
Time Frame: Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up
2-item survey with the following response categories: 0=not at all, 1=several days, 2=more than half the days, 3=nearly every day
Baseline, 1- and 3-month follow-up

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

AdventHealth

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Amanda T Sawyer, PhD, AdventHealth

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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 3, 2024

Primary Completion (Actual)

November 12, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

November 12, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

June 12, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 12, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

June 17, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 17, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 14, 2025

Last Verified

July 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 2057666

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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