Burnout, Sleep Deprivation, Stress, Wellness
Conditions
Keywords
Burnout, Fitness Tracker
Brief summary
Study the impact of the WHOOP fitness tracker on burnout in attending and resident otolaryngologists
Detailed description
The study will be a randomized controlled trial of attending and resident otolaryngologists who will be randomized to either wearing a WHOOP fitness tracker or a control group. Participants will take two Maslach burnout inventory (MBI) surveys prior to the start of the intervention to set a baseline burnout score, and then at 3 months and 6 months into the study. Baseline cardiac status will also be established by taking a pre-intervention heart rate and blood pressure.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALWHOOP fitness tracker
WHOOP is a device that uses a wristband or arm band to track heart rate, heart rate variability (HRV), and sleep to calculate proprietary strain and recovery scores for its users. Heart rate variability is an important metric for correlation with acute stress
Sponsors
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
Study the impact of the WHOOP fitness tracker
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All attending and resident Otolaryngologists at Wake Forest Baptist Health
Exclusion criteria
* Users of a WHOOP device currently * Current interns will be excluded given they do not work with the Otolaryngology team the whole year
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Scores - emotional exhaustion | Baseline through Month 6 | MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from never to daily - emotional exhaustion (9 items) - Higher scores indicate higher burnout (worse) than lower scores (better) |
| Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Scores - depersonalization | Baseline through Month 3 | MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from never to daily - depersonalization (5 items) - Higher scores indicate higher burnout (worse) than lower scores (better) |
| Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) Scores - personal achievement | Baseline through Month 3 | MBI items are scored using a 7 level frequency ratings from never to daily - personal achievement (8 items) - Higher scores indicate higher burnout (worse) than lower scores (better) |
Outcome results
None listed