NCT03489720

Evaluation of a Daily Brief Exercise Intervention on Resident Physician Personal Resiliency and Burnout

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 46 (actual)
• Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study seeks to evaluate the prevalence and characterize predictors of physician burnout in the anesthesia residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. The study also seeks to evaluate the effect of an exercise intervention on burnout and personal resiliency (i.e., less individual stress given the same workload).

Detailed description

A cross-sectional evaluation of burnout, perceived stress, average sleep propensity, and social support and coping mechanisms will be assessed from four years of Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) Anesthesia residents. Burnout will be assessed using the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI-HSS). Participating interns, Anesthesia Residency Class 1 (CA-1), and Anesthesia Residency Class 2 (CA-2) classes will be randomized to 8 weeks of an exercise intervention (15 min of activity at 70% of max heart rate or higher, 5 days a week) to meet the activity recommendations of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion or 8 weeks of continuing their baseline activity level prior to the study.

Conditions

• Burnout, Professional
• Burnout Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Prescribed Exercise Program	Brief cardiovascular exercise training (\>70% of maximum heart rate) for 15 minutes a day, 5 days a week for 8 weeks. The exercise intervention will be a 15-minute per day of vigorous exercise that as monitored by a Fitbit Charge 2. Examples of possible 15-minute exercise regimens to be used include: * Walking quickly or running up and down stairs * Plyometric exercises such as jumping jacks, high knees, squats, lunges, speed skaters, froggers, etc * Walking up an incline on a treadmill * Jogging or running on a treadmill or elliptical * Stationary cycling or rowing
BEHAVIORAL	Usual Exercise Program	Usual exercise activity for 8 weeks

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-06-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-26
• Completion: 2018-12-26
• First posted: 2018-04-05
• Last updated: 2020-04-14
• Results posted: 2020-04-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States