Randomized controlled trial of the "WISER" intervention to reduce healthcare worker burnout.

Abstract

Objective

Test web-based implementation for the science of enhancing resilience (WISER) intervention efficacy in reducing healthcare worker (HCW) burnout.

Design

RCT using two cohorts of HCWs of four NICUs each, to improve HCW well-being (primary outcome: burnout). Cohort 1 received WISER while Cohort 2 acted as a waitlist control.

Results

Cohorts were similar, mostly female (83%) and nurses (62%). In Cohorts 1 and 2 respectively, 182 and 299 initiated WISER, 100 and 176 completed 1-month follow-up, and 78 and 146 completed 6-month follow-up. Relative to control, WISER decreased burnout (-5.27 (95% CI: -10.44, -0.10), p = 0.046). Combined adjusted cohort results at 1-month showed that the percentage of HCWs reporting concerning outcomes was significantly decreased for burnout (-6.3% (95%CI: -11.6%, -1.0%); p = 0.008), and secondary outcomes depression (-5.2% (95%CI: -10.8, -0.4); p = 0.022) and work-life integration (-11.8% (95%CI: -17.9, -6.1); p < 0.001). Improvements endured at 6 months.

Conclusion

WISER appears to durably improve HCW well-being.

Clinical trials number

NCT02603133; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02603133.

Department

Description

Provenance

Subjects

Citation

Published Version (Please cite this version)

10.1038/s41372-021-01100-y

Publication Info

Profit, Jochen, Kathryn C Adair, Xin Cui, Briana Mitchell, Debra Brandon, Daniel S Tawfik, Joseph Rigdon, Jeffrey B Gould, et al. (2021). Randomized controlled trial of the "WISER" intervention to reduce healthcare worker burnout. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association. 10.1038/s41372-021-01100-y Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/23669.

This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this article, please review & use the official citation provided by the journal.


Unless otherwise indicated, scholarly articles published by Duke faculty members are made available here with a CC-BY-NC (Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial) license, as enabled by the Duke Open Access Policy. If you wish to use the materials in ways not already permitted under CC-BY-NC, please consult the copyright owner. Other materials are made available here through the author’s grant of a non-exclusive license to make their work openly accessible.