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This is a research study to find out if web-based resilience tools can increase well-being.
Enrolled participants will try out one or more brief positive psychology tools. The tools ask participants to reflect on positive experiences or to do an activity (e.g., write a letter of gratitude). The study is entirely online and participants will be prompted to participate via email or text messages.
The study team is interested in the effects of the tools on stress, depression, and burnout in adults. A set of brief surveys are administered before and after using the tool, and again at follow-up periods (e.g., 1, 3, 6 and 12 months). Surveys are collected electronically using the secure, HIPAA-compliant survey software.
There is no direct benefit to participants for participating in this research study aside from the potential to experience improvements in well-being. Risks are minimal and include the potential to feel emotional or psychological distress when asked questions related to burnout.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treatment Immediately | Experimental | Participants will engage in well-being tools immediately for 1-week. |
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| Waitlist Control | No Intervention | Participants will wait 1 week to begin the well-being tools. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WISER | Behavioral | Participants will engage in one or more positive psychology well-being tool(s). |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Emotional Exhaustion as measured by the 5-item Emotional Exhaustion Scale | Survey scores are measured on a 1-5 Likert-like agreement scale. | Baseline, Day 8, and 1, 6, and 12 month follow-ups |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Change in Emotional Recovery as measured by the 4-item Emotional Recovery Scale | Survey scores are measured on a 1-5 Likert-like agreement scale. | Baseline, Day 8, and 1, 6, and 12 month follow-ups |
| Change in Work-life Integration as measured by the 7-item Work-life Integration Scale |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John B Sexton, PhD | Contact | +1 919 681 4949 | bryan.sexton@duke.edu | |
| Kathryn C Adair, PhD | Contact | +1 919 681 4949 | Kathryn.C.Adair@duke.edu |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| John B Sexton, PhD | Duke | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duke University Health System | Recruiting | Durham | North Carolina | 27707 | United States |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16045394 | Background | Seligman ME, Steen TA, Park N, Peterson C. Positive psychology progress: empirical validation of interventions. Am Psychol. 2005 Jul-Aug;60(5):410-21. doi: 10.1037/0003-066X.60.5.410. | |
| 34366432 | Background | Profit J, Adair KC, Cui X, Mitchell B, Brandon D, Tawfik DS, Rigdon J, Gould JB, Lee HC, Timpson WL, McCaffrey MJ, Davis AS, Pammi M, Matthews M, Stark AR, Papile LA, Thomas E, Cotten M, Khan A, Sexton JB. Randomized controlled trial of the "WISER" intervention to reduce healthcare worker burnout. J Perinatol. 2021 Sep;41(9):2225-2234. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01100-y. Epub 2021 Aug 9. |
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Only the research team will be accessing the data.
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| ID | Term |
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| D000077062 | Burnout, Psychological |
| ID | Term |
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| D013315 | Stress, Psychological |
| D001526 | Behavioral Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
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Waitlist control group Randomized Control Design
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Survey scores are measured with a 1-4 frequency of behaviors scale. |
| Baseline, Day 8, and 1, 6, and 12 month follow-ups |
| 34295357 | Background | Adair KC, Kennedy LA, Sexton JB. Three Good Tools: Positively reflecting backwards and forwards is associated with robust improvements in well-being across three distinct interventions. J Posit Psychol. 2020;15(5):613-622. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2020.1789707. Epub 2020 Jul 9. |
| 36568789 | Background | Sexton JB, Adair KC, Cui X, Tawfik DS, Profit J. Effectiveness of a bite-sized web-based intervention to improve healthcare worker wellbeing: A randomized clinical trial of WISER. Front Public Health. 2022 Dec 8;10:1016407. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1016407. eCollection 2022. |
| 39298170 | Background | Sexton JB, Adair KC. Well-Being Outcomes of Health Care Workers After a 5-Hour Continuing Education Intervention: The WELL-B Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Sep 3;7(9):e2434362. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.34362. |