‘Dear Doctor’: a randomised controlled trial of a text message intervention to reduce burnout in trainee anaesthetists

• Published in: Anaesthesia Vol. 77; no. 4; pp. 405 - 415
• Main Authors: Brazier, A., Larson, E., Xu, Y., Judah, G., Egan, M., Burd, H., Darzi, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.04.2022
• Subjects: anaesthetist; Anesthesia; Anesthetists; Burnout; Burnout, Professional - epidemiology; Burnout, Professional - prevention & control; Careers; Clinical trials; COVID-19; COVID-19 - prevention & control; Humans; Intervention; Medical education; Messages; Pandemics; Pandemics - prevention & control; Physicians; Polls & surveys; Self compassion; Short message service; Social interactions; text; Text Messaging; trainee; Training; well‐being; United Kingdom > UK; well-being; anaesthetist; text; trainee; burnout

Summary One in four doctors in training in the UK reports feeling ‘burnt out’ due to their work and similar figures are reported in other countries. This two‐group non‐blinded randomised controlled trial aimed to determine if a novel text message intervention could reduce burnout and increase well‐b...