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Effect of a Life Coaching Intervention on the Well-being and Distress of Physicians

NCT05149911 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2023-11-07

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Summary

There is a widespread epidemic of distress and burnout (i.e., extreme distress) among Canadian physicians. Burnout is costly to physicians, patients, and healthcare organizations as it compromises physicians' own health and reduces their capacity to deliver high quality, safe care to patients. Life coaching delivered by certified coaches is a personal development tool. Life coaching has been proven to help individuals maximize their strengths and skills to handle stressors, regain control over their lives, act according to their core values, and achieve their full potential, consequently reducing their vulnerability to burnout. The investigators will evaluate life coaching for physicians' well-being in the current Canadian context. Physicians from centres in Canada will be randomly assigned to life coaching (intervention) or no coaching (control) group. The coaching group will receive a 1-hour initial coaching session followed by five 30-minute coaching sessions occurring at a frequency of every 2 to 3 weeks within 5 months (total of 3.5 coaching hours). All coaching sessions will be delivered virtually by certified life coaches. The investigators will assess the impact of coaching on physician distress and quality of life before and after the intervention.

Conditions

  • Distress, Emotional
  • Burnout

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Life Coaching

Sessions with a professional life coach.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Ottawa

    collaborator OTHER

  • Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sylvain Boet, MD, PhD · The Ottawa Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-14
Primary Completion
2024-11-22
Completion
2025-11-28

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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