Smartwatch and Physician Well-Being

NCT ID: NCT05463250

Last Updated: 2024-09-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 184 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-03-01
• Study Completion Date: 2024-06-30

Brief Summary

The prevalence of burnout and other forms of distress among physicians is alarmingly high. This clinical trial is being conducted to learn more about if wearing a Smartwatch and having access to its data improves physicians' sense of well-being and if data measured from Smartwatches contain a 'signal' that predicts well-being

Detailed Description

We will conduct a randomized controlled trail to evaluate if wearing a Smartwatch improves overall well-being among physicians, and if so, in which dimension of well-being (e.g., fatigue, stress, overall quality of life, burnout). Additionally, we will explore if data from Smartwatches can predict subsequent well-being among physicians.

Study Aims:

1. To determine if wearing a Smartwatch and having access to its physiological data (e.g., sleep, step count, activity, breathing reminders) improves well-being, and if so which well-being dimensions.

2. To determine whether continuous physiological measures (measured from Smartwatches) contain a 'signal' that predicts physician well-being, and if so in which dimensions.

Conditions

Professional Burnout

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Smart Watch, then no intervention

Physicians will be asked to wear a Smartwatch for 6 months, and then will be monitored for the following 6 months without wearing a Smartwatch. Physicians will complete surveys about their experiences

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Smartwatch

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Wearing a smartwatch and having access to its data

No intervention, then Smart Watch

Physicians will be monitored for the first 6 months without wearing a Smartwatch, and then will be asked to wear a Smartwatch for the following 6 months. Physicians will complete surveys about their experiences

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Smartwatch

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Wearing a smartwatch and having access to its data

Interventions

Smartwatch

Wearing a smartwatch and having access to its data

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Physician

Exclusion Criteria

• non physicians

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Physicians Foundation

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Mayo Clinic

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Colorado, Denver

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Liselotte N Dyrbye, MD MHPE

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Colorado School of Medicine

Locations

Lotte Dyrbye

Aurora, Colorado, United States

Countries

United States

References

Dyrbye LN, West CP, Wilton AR, Satele DV, Athreya AP. Smartwatch Use and Physician Well-Being: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 1;8(8):e2527275. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.27275.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 40824640 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

22-0799

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id