Effect of Coaching on Mid-Career Physician Well-Being, Job Satisfaction, and Fulfillment

• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03207581
• Recruitment Status: Completed
• First Posted: July 5, 2017
• Last Update Posted: December 11, 2018
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic
• Information provided by (Responsible Party): Liselotte (Lotte) N. Dyrbye, Mayo Clinic

Tracking Information

• First Submitted Date: June 29, 2017
• First Posted Date: July 5, 2017
• Last Update Posted Date: December 11, 2018
• Actual Study Start Date: July 18, 2017
• Actual Primary Completion Date: April 30, 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Current Primary Outcome Measures (submitted: June 30, 2017)

• Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory score [ Time Frame: 6 month ]
• Change in Physician Job Satisfaction Scale score [ Time Frame: 6 month ]
• change in Empowerment at Work Scale score [ Time Frame: 6 month ]
• change in Utrecht Work Engagement score [ Time Frame: 6 months ]

• Original Primary Outcome Measures: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome Measures (submitted: June 30, 2017)

• Change in Maslach Burnout Inventory score [ Time Frame: 12 month ]
• Change in Physician Job Satisfaction Scale score [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
• change in Empowerment at Work Scale score [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
• change in Utrecht Work Engagement score [ Time Frame: 12 months ]

• Original Secondary Outcome Measures: Same as current
• Current Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures: Not Provided
• Original Other Pre-specified Outcome Measures: Not Provided

Descriptive Information

• Brief Title: Effect of Coaching on Mid-Career Physician Well-Being, Job Satisfaction, and Fulfillment
• Official Title: RCT: Effect of Coaching on Mid-Career Physician Well-Being, Job Satisfaction, and Fulfillment
• Brief Summary: The study will assess the effect of individualized professional coaching for mid-career family medicine and general internal medicine physicians on burnout, job satisfaction, and professional fulfillment.
• Detailed Description: Not Provided
• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Phase: Not Applicable
• Study Design: Allocation: Randomized; Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment; Masking: None (Open Label); Primary Purpose: Other
• Condition: Burnout, Professional

Intervention

Behavioral: Professional Coaching

Professional, individualized coaching

Study Arms

• Experimental: Immediate Coaching Intervention
  Immediate Coaching Intervention arm will receive professional coaching
  Intervention: Behavioral: Professional Coaching
• Active Comparator: Control/Delayed Coaching Intervention
  Participants randomized to the Control/Delayed Coaching will receive no intervention for the first six months of the study, at which point they cross over and receive 6 professional coaching sessions
  Intervention: Behavioral: Professional Coaching

• Publications *: Dyrbye LN, Shanafelt TD, Gill PR, Satele DV, West CP. Effect of a Professional Coaching Intervention on the Well-being and Distress of Physicians: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Intern Med. 2019 Oct 1;179(10):1406-1414. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2425.

Recruitment Information

• Recruitment Status: Completed
• Actual Enrollment (submitted: August 14, 2018): 87
• Original Estimated Enrollment (submitted: June 30, 2017): 80
• Actual Study Completion Date: April 30, 2018
• Actual Primary Completion Date: April 30, 2018 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. General internal medicine and family physicians
2. In practice for 5-30 years

Exclusion Criteria:

1. physicians who specialize in areas other than general internal medicine and family medicine
2. physicians who have been in practice less than 5 years or more than 30 years

Sex/Gender

• Sexes Eligible for Study: All

• Ages: 25 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Contacts: Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects
• Listed Location Countries: United States

Administrative Information

• NCT Number: NCT03207581
• Other Study ID Numbers: 17-003910
• Has Data Monitoring Committee: No

U.S. FDA-regulated Product

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No

• IPD Sharing Statement: Not Provided
• Current Responsible Party: Liselotte (Lotte) N. Dyrbye, Mayo Clinic
• Original Responsible Party: Same as current
• Current Study Sponsor: Mayo Clinic
• Original Study Sponsor: Same as current
• Collaborators: Not Provided

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Liselotte N Dyrbye; Mayo Clinic

• PRS Account: Mayo Clinic
• Verification Date: December 2018