A Smartphone App to Reduce Burnout in the Emergency Department: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Burnout is a significant concern among health care professionals, particularly those working in the emergency department (ED). Given the negative personal and professional consequences that burnout can have on all health care professionals, multidisciplinary solutions are needed to address burnout. Our objective was to evaluate the feasibility and potential impact of resilience training delivered through a smartphone application on burnout among health care professionals working at a tertiary-care pediatric ED.

Methods

We conducted a single-center pilot randomized controlled study enrolling multidisciplinary health care professionals working in our ED. Participants assigned to the intervention group received self-driven access to a smartphone application that prov

SUBMITTER: Monfries N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080362 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature