NCT04137081

Unwinding Physician Anxiety

Managing Risk at Its Source: Reducing Clinician Burnout Through Digital Therapeutic Delivery of Mindfulness Training

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Massachusetts, Worcester · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test an app-based mindfulness training program to see if it can reduce anxiety and burnout in physicians.

Detailed description

In this study, 50 clinicians will be provided access to the Unwinding Anxiety program. The intervention period will last 3 months and changes in anxiety and burnout along with program engagement will be assessed at baseline, 1 month, and 3 months.

Conditions

• Anxiety
• Burnout, Professional

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	App-based mindfulness training	Unwinding Anxiety is an app-based mindfulness training program which includes a progression through 30+ daily modules. Each module's training is delivered via short video tutorials and animations (\~10 min/day). Each training builds on the previous one; modules are 'locked' so that they can only be viewed at a pace of 1/day (previous modules can be reviewed at any time). A built-in self-assessment is taken after every seven modules to ensure key concepts are learned before moving on with automated suggestions on which modules to repeat based on self-assessment results. User-initiated guided practices range from short exercises (30 seconds) to manage anxiety the moment it arises to formal guided meditations (up to 15 minutes), and can be accessed at any time.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-04-03
• Primary completion: 2018-08-28
• Completion: 2018-08-28
• First posted: 2019-10-23
• Last updated: 2019-10-23

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States