Exercise program shows promise in preventing carer burnout
NCT ID NCT06815484
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a supervised 9-week physical activity program could lower the risk of burnout in carers. 75 non-physician health professionals with low or moderate physical activity levels took part. The main goal was to measure changes in burnout symptoms using a standard questionnaire.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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75 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2025
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \> 18 years ; * Non-physician health professionals at the Clinique de la Sauvegarde ; * Low or moderate level of physical activity, as assessed by the questionnaire International Physical Activity Questionnaire. In fact, work-related physical activity is not associated with a reduction in burnout ; * Absence of serious chronic pathology incompatible with the physical activity of the protocol ; * Willing and available to commit to the project for the duration of the study ; * Using a personal smartphone or tablet and with an Internet connection ; * Able to read, write and understand French ; * Membership of a social security scheme. Exclusion Criteria: * High level of physical activity (not including work-related physical activity) ; * Contraindication to physical activity (uncontrolled hypertension, uncontrolled heart disease...) ; * Concurrent participation in another physical activity study ; * Pregnant or likely to be pregnant ; * Unable to be monitored for medical, social, family, geographical or psychological reasons for the duration of the study ; * Persons deprived of their liberty by judicial or adm inistrative decision, or adults protected by law.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique de la Sauvegarde
Lyon, 69009, France
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