Smartwatch Use and Physician Well-Being: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Burnout remains prevalent among physicians and can negatively affect quality, safety, and cost of patient care. Few randomized studies on interventions to address burnout have been conducted to date.

Objective

To determine whether wearing a smartwatch and having access to its physiological data (eg, sleep, step count, and heart rate) improves physician well-being (and if so, which dimensions of well-being).

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial included physicians at 2 US medical centers (Mayo Clinic and the University of Colorado School of Medicine) who volunteered to wear a provided smartwatch beginning June 7, 2023. The study concluded on June 27, 2024.

Intervention

Six months of wearing a smartwatch.

Main outcomes an

SUBMITTER: Dyrbye LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12362228 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature