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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
683 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2005-11-30
2010-12-31
Brief Summary
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We propose to conduct a randomized, prospective study of the effect on the safety, health, and performance of a police department of a Comprehensive Police Fatigue Management Program (CPFMP) consisting of the following interventions:
1. identification and treatment of police with sleep disorders;
2. caffeine re-education; and
3. initiation of a sleep, health and safety educational program.
These interventions were chosen because we believe them most likely to lead to measurable improvements on work hours, health, safety, and job performance, and because they are cost effective. The success of the CPFMP will be assessed through an experimental comparison with a standard treatment group that will receive sleep education in the absence of any accompanying interventions. The overall goal of our team will be sleep health detection and treatment program that can be disseminated to practitioners, policymakers and researchers nationwide to reduce police officer fatigue and stress; enhance the ability of officers to cope with shift schedules; improve the health, safety and performance of law enforcement officers; and thereby improve public safety.
Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
FACTORIAL
DIAGNOSTIC
NONE
Study Groups
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Sleep Hygiene Education
Sleep Hygiene Education
An education program, consisting of materials from experts in the field of fatigue management, will be provided to all police officers in the intervention group. Videotapes, slides, handouts and other educational material will be compiled to create a variety of information sources for police officers. Examples of materials to be incorporated into this training program would be the Operation Healthy Sleep Training Video, powerpoint created by the Harvard Work Hours, Health and Safety Group and pamphlets provided by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Expert-Led Sleep Disorders Screening and Treatment
Expert-Led Sleep Disorders Screening and Treatment
Expert-led sleep disorder screening and treatment will consist of visiting police stations and presenting an information session about Operation Healthy Sleep. The session will take place during work time. During the session, we will invite officers to take the Operation Healthy Sleep survey. All subjects that answer the survey indicating that they are at high risk on the Berlin Questionnaire will be contacted to arrange an initial appointment at our OSA research clinic. If they don't meet the criteria they will be disempanelled.
1. Positive on the Berlin Questionnaire
2. Clinic visit, exam with a physician, given a home diagnostic device (HDD)
3. High risk on HDD, seen by physician, given a CPAP machine
4. Follow up visit after 2-3 weeks, CPAP data downloaded and reviewed
5. Contacted by a sleep health clinic at 3, 6, 12 months
6. After 12 months subject will be referred to their primary care physician
Online Sleep Disorders Screening
Online Sleep Disorders Screening
Online sleep disorder screening will be available to all police officers nation-wide through the Operation Healthy Sleep survey. All subjects that answer the survey questions indicating that they are at high risk of a sleep disorder will be notified either online following the completion of the survey or by email or a letter. Treatment and follow up will not be conducted for individuals who screen positive on the online version of the Operation Healthy Sleep survey.
Interventions
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Sleep Hygiene Education
An education program, consisting of materials from experts in the field of fatigue management, will be provided to all police officers in the intervention group. Videotapes, slides, handouts and other educational material will be compiled to create a variety of information sources for police officers. Examples of materials to be incorporated into this training program would be the Operation Healthy Sleep Training Video, powerpoint created by the Harvard Work Hours, Health and Safety Group and pamphlets provided by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
Expert-Led Sleep Disorders Screening and Treatment
Expert-led sleep disorder screening and treatment will consist of visiting police stations and presenting an information session about Operation Healthy Sleep. The session will take place during work time. During the session, we will invite officers to take the Operation Healthy Sleep survey. All subjects that answer the survey indicating that they are at high risk on the Berlin Questionnaire will be contacted to arrange an initial appointment at our OSA research clinic. If they don't meet the criteria they will be disempanelled.
1. Positive on the Berlin Questionnaire
2. Clinic visit, exam with a physician, given a home diagnostic device (HDD)
3. High risk on HDD, seen by physician, given a CPAP machine
4. Follow up visit after 2-3 weeks, CPAP data downloaded and reviewed
5. Contacted by a sleep health clinic at 3, 6, 12 months
6. After 12 months subject will be referred to their primary care physician
Online Sleep Disorders Screening
Online sleep disorder screening will be available to all police officers nation-wide through the Operation Healthy Sleep survey. All subjects that answer the survey questions indicating that they are at high risk of a sleep disorder will be notified either online following the completion of the survey or by email or a letter. Treatment and follow up will not be conducted for individuals who screen positive on the online version of the Operation Healthy Sleep survey.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
18 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Charles Andrew Czeisler, MD, PhD
Charles A Czeisler, Ph.D., M.D.,
Principal Investigators
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Charles A. Czeisler, Ph.D., M.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Locations
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Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Countries
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Other Identifiers
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SL00067
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id