ACTRN12617000290392.

Study name	Public title: Doctors working well: a study evaluating an online stress management program for doctors Scientific title: A randomised controlled trial of an online intervention on resiliency, occupational stress, and burnout among junior medical doctors
Methods	Study design: 2‐arm RCT Study grouping: parallel assignment Unit of randomisation: individuals Power (power sample size calculation, level of power achieved): not specified Imputation of missing data: not specified
Participants	Country: Australia Setting: online, self‐guided intervention Age: see inclusion criteria; age not specified Sample size (randomised): 60 (targeted) Sex: not specified Comorbidity (mean (SD) of respective measures in indicated, if available) at baseline: not specified Population description: registered junior medical doctors Inclusion criteria: 1) registered junior medical doctors (in this study, defined as being an intern, junior house, or senior house doctor); 2) practising in the West Moreton Hospital and Health Service district (Queensland, Australia); 3) aged 18 years or older Exclusion criteria: 1) aged younger than 18 years; 2) not a medical doctor; 3) practising outside the West Moreton Hospital and Health Service area Attrition (withdrawals and exclusions): not specified Reasons for missing data: not specified
Interventions	Intervention: Doctors Working Well (n not specified) delivery: online programme/online modules; individual setting; each module including mixture of didactic and interactive learning activities (e.g. readings, quizzes, videos, personal reflections) providers: self‐guided automated email reminders (see compliance) programme developed by clinical psychologist with 6 years treatment experience, with input received from 2 other research team members (both psychologists) duration of treatment period and timing: 6 x 30‐ to 45‐minute modules over 6 weeks (i.e. participants have access to 1 module a week) description: modules focus on stress management techniques, emotion monitoring and regulation techniques, and self‐care designed to target occupational stress and burnout at start of each module, participants are asked small number of questions relating to their mood and engagement with skills learnt in previous module compliance: intervention adherence not assessed as programme content is delivered consistently across participants, due to electronic intervention format participant adherence to the intervention will be assessed through examination of number of log‐ins, time spent using programme, modules completed, and activities completed within each module automated email upon completion of each module to increase participant adherence, commending effort and completion; automated reminder email also if module has not been completed within 2 days of becoming available on weekly cycle integrity of delivery: not specified economic information: not specified theoretical basis: not specified Control: active control (n not specified) 1 hour a week of protected individual study time over 6‐week study period; access to online programme after 3‐month follow‐up
Outcomes	Outcomes collected and reported: stress ‐ stress subscale of DASS‐21 burnout ‐ CBI depression ‐ depression subscale of DASS‐21 anxiety ‐ anxiety subscale of DASS‐21 resilience ‐ BRS affect ‐ PANAS psychological distress ‐ Kessler‐10 scale mindfulness ‐ Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale‐Revised self‐care ‐ Mindful Self‐Care Scale stigma ‐ Stigma of Occupational Stress Scale for Doctors satisfaction with programme ‐ Client Satisfaction Questionnaire Outcomes reported not specified Time points measured and reported: 1) pre‐intervention; 2) post‐intervention; 3) 3‐month follow‐up (exception: satisfaction with programme only at post‐intervention);time points reported not specified Adverse events: not specified
Starting date	Study start/end date: March 2017 (date of first enrolment) to July 2018 (anticipated date of last data collection); not yet recruiting according to trial registration
Contact information	Principal investigator: Dr Bonnie Clough (according to trial registration); new contact since Dr Clough changed position: Dr Michael Ireland Address: School of Psychology and Counselling; University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Campus; 37 Sinnathamby Boulevard, Springfield Central, Queensland, 4300 Country Australia Email: Michael.Ireland@usq.edu.au Telephone: not specified
Notes	Contact with authors: We contacted the authors for the trial status. According to the authors, the trial is still ongoing and there are no results yet (Ireland 2019 [pers comm]) Funding source: University of Southern Queensland; West Moreton Hospital and Health Service Declaration of interest: not specified Ethical approval needed/obtained for study: approved by West Moreton Hospital and Health Service Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC/16/QWMS/519) and University of Southern Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee (H17REA025) Comments by study authors: not specified Miscellaneous outcomes by the review authors: trial registration number: ACTRN12617000290392 (assigned 24 February 2017)