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Behavioral Intervention

Reduced Screen Time for Stress in Healthcare Workers (REDUCE-SCREEN Trial)

N/A

Waitlist Available

Led By Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, MBA

Research Sponsored by University of Nebraska

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

2) be ≥ 19 years old

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up at the end of leisure time (through study completion, an average of 1 week)

Awards & highlights

REDUCE-SCREEN Trial Summary

This trial will test whether removing work email apps from phones during leisure time reduces stress for healthcare workers.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for active health care workers over the age of 19 who regularly use a smartphone with a work email app installed. It's designed to see if removing work emails from their phones during off-hours can reduce stress and burnout.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study is testing whether uninstalling work-related email apps from smartphones during leisure time can lower stress levels among health care workers, potentially reducing caregiver burden and burnout.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this intervention involves behavior change rather than medication, traditional side effects are not expected. However, participants may experience anxiety or withdrawal symptoms due to reduced connectivity to work.

REDUCE-SCREEN Trial Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I am 19 years old or older.

REDUCE-SCREEN Trial Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ at the end of leisure time (through study completion, an average of 1 week)

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~at the end of leisure time (through study completion, an average of 1 week)

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and at the end of leisure time (through study completion, an average of 1 week) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Change from baseline modified Perceived Stress Scale-10 after leisure time

Secondary outcome measures

Screen time

REDUCE-SCREEN Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Reduce screen timeExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Participants randomized to the intervention group are encouraged to set up an automated response to emails received during their weekend off, reduce their screen time for duration of leisure time, and uninstall work applications from their mobile device. Surveys are sent prior to and after leisure time.

Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention

This group would complete a survey that measures stress before and after leisure time with no added instructions.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Reduce screen time

2021

N/A

~520

0 / 1Eligibility criteria met

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of NebraskaLead Sponsor

536 Previous Clinical Trials

1,143,402 Total Patients Enrolled

Karsten Bartels, MD, PhD, MBAPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Nebraska

1 Previous Clinical Trials

711 Total Patients Enrolled

Karsten Bartels, MD PhD MBAPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Nebraska

1 Previous Clinical Trials

711 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Reduce screen time (Behavioral Intervention) Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05106647 — N/A

Caregiver Burnout Research Study Groups: Reduce screen time, Control

Caregiver Burnout Clinical Trial 2023: Reduce screen time Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05106647 — N/A

Reduce screen time (Behavioral Intervention) 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05106647 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Are there any vacancies within this clinical trial?

"The clinical trial is ongoing, with the original posting date of 11/9/2021 and its most recent update also on 11/9/2021. Thus, it remains open to applicants."

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How many participants are accepted into this medical experiment?

"Affirmative. The information available on clinicaltrials.gov illustrates that this medical experiment is actively onboarding patients, having first been posted on November 9th 2021 and subsequently updated the same day. 388 individuals are needed from 1 trial centre to participate in the study."

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Recent research and studies

JAMA PediatricsJournal

Unbounded—parent-physician Communication in the Era of Portal Messaging

Lieu, Tracy A., and Gary L. Freed. 2019. “Unbounded—parent-physician Communication in the Era of Portal Messaging”. JAMA Pediatrics. American Medical Association (AMA). doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.2309.

Mayo Clinic ProceedingsJournal

Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction with Work-life Balance in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2014

Shanafelt, Tait D., Omar Hasan, Lotte N. Dyrbye, Christine Sinsky, Daniel Satele, Jeff Sloan, and Colin P. West. 2015. “Changes in Burnout and Satisfaction with Work-life Balance in Physicians and the General US Working Population Between 2011 and 2014”. Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Elsevier BV. doi:10.1016/j.mayocp.2015.08.023.

Journal of the American Medical Informatics AssociationJournal

Physician Stress and Burnout: The Impact of Health Information Technology

Gardner, Rebekah L, Emily Cooper, Jacqueline Haskell, Daniel A Harris, Sara Poplau, Philip J Kroth, and Mark Linzer. 2018. “Physician Stress and Burnout: The Impact of Health Information Technology”. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. Oxford University Press (OUP). doi:10.1093/jamia/ocy145.

JMIR Medical InformaticsJournal