NCT06015646

Lifestyle Coaching for Fatigue Mitigation in Emergency Medicine Residents

Lifestyle Education and Personalized Coaching for Fatigue Mitigation in Emergency Medicine Residents: A Pilot Study

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Stanford University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether personalized lifestyle coaching minimizes the negative impact of circadian disruption on performance and recovery in emergency medicine physician trainees during night shifts.

Detailed description

The goal of this study is to examine whether a brief personalized fatigue-mitigation lifestyle coaching (PFMLC) for emergency medicine residents on overnight shifts would minimize the negative effects of circadian rhythm disruptions on performance and recovery compared to those who receive one-time passive information on lifestyle practices.

Conditions

• Lifestyle, Healthy
• Sleepiness
• Alertness
• Shift-Work Related Sleep Disturbance
• Work Related Stress
• Self Efficacy
• Self-Compassion

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Personalized lifestyle coaching and educational handout	Participants will receive a one-page educational handout on strategies to minimize fatigue at the beginning of the study. Participants will also receive a 30-minute focused, personalized lifestyle coaching within a week of the initial overnight shift. The lifestyle coach will be in close contact during the night shifts.
BEHAVIORAL	Handout	Participants will receive a one-page educational handout on strategies to minimize fatigue at the beginning of the study

Timeline

• Start date: 2026-04-15
• Primary completion: 2027-12-31
• Completion: 2028-12-31
• First posted: 2023-08-29
• Last updated: 2024-12-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States