ROBSTA: Resident Observed Burnout After Daily Supplementation With Coffee

• Sponsor: NYU Langone Health (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT03355144
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 39
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Actual Duration (Days): 21
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 56.5

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Coffee drinking is frequently reported as a negative outcome in studies on burnout, but the effect of an increased coffee intake on resident burnout has not been reported in the literature. This study is a prospective, interventional cohort study enrolling up to 50 residents from the Internal Medicine Residency Program to look at the relationship between coffee and resident burnout.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Burnout, Professional	Dietary Supplement: Daily Supplementation with Coffee	N/A

Detailed Description

Resident burnout is increasingly being recognized as detrimental to both physician well being and patient care. It has been linked to an increased rate of medical errors and a reduced quality of patient care. In addition, there have been multiple high-profile physician suicides in the past years. This has resulted in a renewed focus on physician mental health and workload.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 39 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Official Title: Resident Observed Burnout After Daily Supplementation With Coffee
• Actual Study Start Date: Mar 22, 2018
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Apr 12, 2018
• Actual Study Completion Date: Apr 12, 2018

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Internal Medicine residents at NYU effect of supplying Internal Medicine residents at NYU with free coffee on self reported features of psychological health, energy and burnout	Dietary Supplement: Daily Supplementation with Coffee; At the beginning of study week 2 (study day 8), two coffee machines (one Nespresso Inissia and one Hamilton Beach 46205 12 Cup Programmable Coffee Maker) will be installed in the resident work rooms at each site. Subjects will be provided with free coffee beans, milk, cream, sugar and sweetener

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Self reported feelings of burnout [1 Month]

   14 question survey measuring number of cups of coffee and level of exhaustion

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Coffee consumption measured by self reporting questionaire [1 Month]

   Measured by self reporting questionnaire

2. Self reported emotional well being [1 Month]

   14 question survey with questions measuring emotional wellbeing

3. Self reported feelings of value [1 Month]

   14 question survey with questions measuring feelings of self value

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 80 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• A resident in the NYU Internal Medicine residency program

Exclusion Criteria:

• Allergy or intolerance to coffee or caffeine

• Pregnancy

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	New York University School of Medicine	New York	New York	United States	10016

Sponsors and Collaborators

• NYU Langone Health

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Steven Liu, MD, NYU Langone Health

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: NYU Langone Health
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03355144
• Other Study ID Numbers: 17-01011
• First Posted: Nov 28, 2017
• Last Update Posted: May 22, 2018
• Last Verified: May 1, 2018

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Burnout, Professional; Burnout, Psychological

Study Results

No Results Posted as of May 22, 2018