A Phase 4 interventional study of Calmigo in Burnout and Burnout, Healthcare Workers, sponsored by Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation. Recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-24.
Sponsored by Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment
This project aims to explore how speech patterns and voice characteristics can be used to detect signs of burnout and stress in physicians.
Aim 1: To determine the association amongst acoustic features, derived from speech and voice samples, and burnout and mental stress measured using questionnaires in healthcare workers (physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, and other clinical staff) at the Minneapolis Heart Institute.
Aim 2: To compare the effects of the CalmiGo stress management device on acoustic features, derived from voice samples, and burnout and mental stress assessed using questionnaires in healthcare workers (physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, and other clinical staff) with burnout (Mini-Z 2.0 single item burnout score 3, 4 or 5 on 5 choice item, question 2) against no specific guidance.
467 studies on the registry are indexed under Burnout, Psychological; 121 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 200 is above the median of 80 across 343 interventional studies indexed under Burnout, Psychological.
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Aim 1 Inclusion Criteria:
AIM 2 Inclusion criteria
AIM 1 and 2Exclusion Criteria:
Current or known history of a voice or speech disorder
Underlined terms in the criteria open these too. Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
Cancer (malignancy)
Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.
Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.
Explained by clinicaltrials.gg, not part of the registry record. The study team decides who can take part.
Calmigo device
Device: Calmigo
no intervention
use of the calmigo device 3 times a day for 3 minutes at a time across 12 weeks
Mini-Z 2.0 survey score
Burnout as measured by response to the Mini-Z 2.0 survey. A lower score indicates higher burnout
Time frame: 12 weeks
Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) survey score
Burnout as measured by response to the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) survey. Higher score indicated increased burnout
Time frame: 12 weeks
Plan to share: Yes — Participants will be assigned a code that is unique to them but does not include information that directly identifies them. This code will be used to share the study information with co-investigators. The groups or individuals who receive the codes information will use it only for the purposes of the research analysis. The voice recordings with the study ID numbers will be uploaded to a secured location.
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