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Accessible Support in Surgical Training During a Pandemic Study

NCT04914104 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2021-08-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the surgical trainee experience by exacerbating the difficulty of this notoriously stressful training, while limiting access to traditional avenues of mental health support. The investigators propose the application of a mobile app-based mindfulness program to address stress and burnout in the surgical training.

The proposed study is a prospective randomized, observer-blinded study including surgical trainees at the University of Ottawa in their first and second years of training. The intervention group will receive free access to the mobile app Headspace and will be encouraged to access the app three times a week for 15 minutes.

Conditions

  • Stress
  • Burnout, Professional
  • Depression, Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mindfulness Training - Headspace App

The intervention group will receive free access to the mobile app Headspace and directed to access the app three times a week for at least 15 minutes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Ottawa

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-01
Primary Completion
2022-03-01
Completion
2022-03-01

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