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CompletedNCT01643694Updated Oct 1, 2013

Individualized Electronic Intervention to Promote Work Engagement

An interventional study of Electronic intervention suggesting behavioral activity in Resilience, Meaning in Work and Engagement at Work, sponsored by Mayo Clinic. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 30 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2013-10-01.

Sponsored by Mayo Clinic · Not applicable and Interventional

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
288
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
30 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

To determine if physicians who complete brief tasks intended to promote meaning in work and job satisfaction, foster teamwork and social support at work, nuture personal relationships and work-life balance, recognize and build on personal strengths, encourage effective problem solving, and promote positive emotions have improved resilience, meaning in work, and engagement at work.

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Conditions studied

  • Resilience
  • Meaning in Work
  • Engagement at Work
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In context

Lead sponsor

Mayo Clinic is the lead sponsor of 3,218 studies on the registry; 670 are open to participants now.

Of its 445 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 313 (70%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Eligibility criteria

All physicians at Mayo Clinic

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Investigator)
Enrollment
288 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Electronic intervention

    Completion of 1 self-directed activity from an electronically provided list sent to them weekly for 10 consecutive weeks

    Behavioral: Electronic intervention suggesting behavioral activity

  • No intervention
    control group

    Completion of baseline and 3 mo survey

Interventions

  • BehavioralElectronic intervention suggesting behavioral activity

    3.6 Those randomized to the intervention will be asked to choose 1 self-directed activity from an electronically provided list sent to them weekly for 10 consecutive weeks. Each activity will take less than 5 minutes to complete. They will also answer 3-5 questions weekly (items taken from the survey items list submitted).

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Job satisfaction

    Physician Job Satisfaction Scale and Empowerment at Work Scale

    Time frame: baseline to 3 month

Secondary outcomes

  1. Well-being

    Maslach Burnout Inventory, 2-item Primary Care Evaluation of Mental Disorders \[PRIME MD\]), Medical Outcomes Study Short Form \[SF-8\]; Linear Analogue Scales Assessment Well-being Survey \[LASA\]), 10-item Perceived Stress Scale)

    Time frame: Baseline to 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Mayo Clinic in Rochester
    Rochester, Minnesota 55905, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Kunzler AM, Helmreich I, Chmitorz A, Konig J, Binder H, Wessa M, Lieb K. Psychological interventions to foster resilience in healthcare professionals. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Jul 5;7(7):CD012527. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012527.pub2. PubMed 32627860 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 1, 2013, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01643694
Lead sponsor
Mayo Clinic
Responsible party
Liselotte (Lotte) N. Dyrbye (Associate Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 18, 2012
Start date
Jul 2012
Primary completion
May 2013
Completion
May 2013
Last update
Oct 1, 2013

Study contacts

Liselotte Dyrbye, MD
principal investigator · Mayo Clinic

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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