ERAS: Understanding Performance: Enhancing Recovery as Surgeons

Sponsor

Stanford University (Other)

Overall Status

Active, not recruiting

CT.gov ID

NCT05029674

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Anticipated Duration (Months)

2.8

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Reliably achieving peak performance requires balancing the strain of the prior day with sufficient recovery to be ready for the next day. Surgery has a long standing tradition long hours of hard work often at the expense of adequate sleep. Decreased sleep and recovery has physiologic consequences which can be measured using biometric data. The goal of this study is to quantify surgeon performance and biometric data to understand how modifiable behaviors can maximize recovery and performance.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Burnout, Professional	Device: Whoop

Detailed Description

Participants will be asked to wear a biometric sensor for six months. The biometric sensor, namely, 'The Whoop strap' collects heart rate and heart rate variability data.

Other data gathered will be in the form of surveys and comments from subjects on wellness, burnout, modifiable activities including sleep, nutrition, exercise and mindfulness, and surgical performance as well as video and audio recordings during a simulated surgical task.

Surveys will be individually numbered and a master list of subject number and video, audio, and sensor ID will be kept in a separate location. This practice will enable us to better understand survey feedback by reviewing relevant videos, images, and sensor recordings. Images and data associated with a subject will be labeled with the subject number only.

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

66 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

Use of Biometric Data to Understand Surgeon Performance, Strain, and Recovery

Actual Study Start Date :

Jan 1, 2022

Anticipated Primary Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2022

Anticipated Study Completion Date :

Dec 31, 2023

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Surgeon Recovery [6-12 months]
A daily Recovery score from 0-100% (0-33% is poor recovery, 34-66% is medium recovery, 67-100% is good recovery) is calculated using the WHOOP algorithm which takes resting heart rate, heart rate variability, and sleep metrics into account.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Clinical Strain [6-12 months]
Strain scores are calculated using the WHOOP algorithm which uses heart rate, activity, and duration of activity. The Clinical Strain will refer to the Strain calculated by the WHOOP strap that occurs during clinical activities including overnight call and operative cases.

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Study participants will include trainee and attending surgeons

Exclusion Criteria:

Exclusion criteria will be anyone who is not full-time clinically active as a surgical trainee or attending

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Stanford Health Care	Stanford	California	United States	94305

Sponsors and Collaborators

Stanford University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Cindy Kin, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Stanford University

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT05029674

Other Study ID Numbers:

58625

First Posted:

Aug 31, 2021

Last Update Posted:

Apr 14, 2022

Last Verified:

Aug 1, 2021

Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:

Plan to Share IPD:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Burnout, Professional

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 14, 2022