This is a research study to find out if web-based resilience tools can increase well-being. Enrolled participants will try out one or more brief positive psychology tools. The tools ask participants to reflect on positive experiences or to do an activity (e.g., write a letter of gratitude). The study is entirely online and participants will be prompted to participate via email or text messages. The study team is interested in the effects of the tools on stress, depression, and burnout in adults. A set of brief surveys are administered before and after using the tool, and again at follow-up periods (e.g., 1, 3, 6 and 12 months). Surveys are collected electronically using the secure, HIPAA-compliant survey software. There is no direct benefit to participants for participating in this research study aside from the potential to experience improvements in well-being. Risks are minimal and include the potential to feel emotional or psychological distress when asked questions related to burnout.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
8,000
Participants will engage in one or more positive psychology well-being tool(s).
Duke University Health System
Durham, North Carolina, United States
RECRUITINGChange in Emotional Exhaustion as measured by the 5-item Emotional Exhaustion Scale
Survey scores are measured on a 1-5 Likert-like agreement scale.
Time frame: Baseline, Day 8, and 1, 6, and 12 month follow-ups
Change in Emotional Recovery as measured by the 4-item Emotional Recovery Scale
Survey scores are measured on a 1-5 Likert-like agreement scale.
Time frame: Baseline, Day 8, and 1, 6, and 12 month follow-ups
Change in Work-life Integration as measured by the 7-item Work-life Integration Scale
Survey scores are measured with a 1-4 frequency of behaviors scale.
Time frame: Baseline, Day 8, and 1, 6, and 12 month follow-ups
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