Effect and Utilization of Protected Time Among Interns on Extended Duty-Hour Call Shifts
NCT ID: NCT00983008
Last Updated: 2019-09-26
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Basic Information
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TERMINATED
NA
11 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2009-10-31
2010-09-30
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to test if protected time for sleep during extended duty overnight shifts improves resident fatigue and if they actually utilize the time for sleep.
Methods: All interns rotating through the medical intensive care unit from October 2009 through October 2010 will work extended shifts every 3rd night. On Sunday through Thursday nights they will have a 5 hour protected period from 2 AM to 7 AM. During this time they will relinquish their pager and cell phone to the Night Float PGY2 or PGY3 who is already responsible for the ICU patients. The four hours between 2 and 6 am are entirely protected. From 6 AM to 7 AM, interns will be expected to start computer rounding on the ICU patients and to begin progress notes for the remaining members of the ICU team but still have no pager, cell phone, or cross coverage duties. On Friday and Saturday nights there will be no protected time but these interns will have 42 consecutive hours off following their extended shift.
Results from the October 2009 to October 2010 protected time cohort of interns will be compared with two comparison groups from the same institution and the same medical intensive care unit during the academic year June 2008 to June 2009. The first comparison group is interns working 30 hour shifts every 3rd night without any protected time and an average of 80 hours per week. The second comparison group is interns working a maximum shift length of 16 hours and an average of 60 hours per week.
The primary outcome will be measurement of fatigue (daytime multiple sleep latency tests). Secondary outcomes include the amount slept as measured by actigraphy, assessment of burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory) and depression (Beck Depression Inventory-II).
Conditions
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Study Design
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SINGLE_GROUP
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
NONE
Study Groups
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Protected Time Group
Interns working 30 hour shifts every 3rd night and an average of 80 hours per week in a medical intensive care unit.
Protected time and Dedicated time
On Sunday through Thursday nights medical intensive care unit interns will have a 5 hour protected period from 2 to 7 am. During this time they will relinquish their pager and cell phone to the Night Float PGY2 or PGY3 who is already responsible for the ICU patients. The four hours between 2 and 6 am are entirely protected. 6 AM to 7 AM is dedicated time during which the interns will be expected to start pre-rounding on the ICU patients and to begin progress notes for the remaining members of the ICU team but still have no pager, cell phone, or cross coverage duties. On Friday and Saturday nights there will be no protected time but these interns will have 42 consecutive hours off following their extended shifts.
Interventions
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Protected time and Dedicated time
On Sunday through Thursday nights medical intensive care unit interns will have a 5 hour protected period from 2 to 7 am. During this time they will relinquish their pager and cell phone to the Night Float PGY2 or PGY3 who is already responsible for the ICU patients. The four hours between 2 and 6 am are entirely protected. 6 AM to 7 AM is dedicated time during which the interns will be expected to start pre-rounding on the ICU patients and to begin progress notes for the remaining members of the ICU team but still have no pager, cell phone, or cross coverage duties. On Friday and Saturday nights there will be no protected time but these interns will have 42 consecutive hours off following their extended shifts.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Providence Health & Services
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Michelle Schoepflin Sanders
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Gerald Dunlap, M.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Internal Medicine Resident Program, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
Michelle Sanders, M.D.
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Internal Medicine Resident Program, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
Jay B Ham, M.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Internal Medicine Resident Program, Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
Jeffrely Bluhm, M.D.
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
Oregon Pulmonology Associates, Portland, Oregon
Locations
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Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
Portland, Oregon, United States
Countries
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References
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Iglehart JK. Revisiting duty-hour limits--IOM recommendations for patient safety and resident education. N Engl J Med. 2008 Dec 18;359(25):2633-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMp0808736. Epub 2008 Dec 3. No abstract available.
Landrigan CP, Rothschild JM, Cronin JW, Kaushal R, Burdick E, Katz JT, Lilly CM, Stone PH, Lockley SW, Bates DW, Czeisler CA. Effect of reducing interns' work hours on serious medical errors in intensive care units. N Engl J Med. 2004 Oct 28;351(18):1838-48. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa041406.
Parthasarathy S, Hettiger K, Budhiraja R, Sullivan B. Sleep and well-being of ICU housestaff. Chest. 2007 Jun;131(6):1685-93. doi: 10.1378/chest.06-1398. Epub 2007 Mar 30.
Barger LK, Cade BE, Ayas NT, Cronin JW, Rosner B, Speizer FE, Czeisler CA; Harvard Work Hours, Health, and Safety Group. Extended work shifts and the risk of motor vehicle crashes among interns. N Engl J Med. 2005 Jan 13;352(2):125-34. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa041401.
Fisman DN, Harris AD, Rubin M, Sorock GS, Mittleman MA. Fatigue increases the risk of injury from sharp devices in medical trainees: results from a case-crossover study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2007 Jan;28(1):10-7. doi: 10.1086/510569. Epub 2006 Dec 28.
Fahrenkopf AM, Sectish TC, Barger LK, Sharek PJ, Lewin D, Chiang VW, Edwards S, Wiedermann BL, Landrigan CP. Rates of medication errors among depressed and burnt out residents: prospective cohort study. BMJ. 2008 Mar 1;336(7642):488-91. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39469.763218.BE. Epub 2008 Feb 7.
Lockley SW, Barger LK, Ayas NT, Rothschild JM, Czeisler CA, Landrigan CP; Harvard Work Hours, Health and Safety Group. Effects of health care provider work hours and sleep deprivation on safety and performance. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007 Nov;33(11 Suppl):7-18. doi: 10.1016/s1553-7250(07)33109-7.
Resident duty hours: enhancing sleep, supervision, and safety: Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 2008. Available online at http://www.nationalacademies.org/morenews/20081202.html . See also Attachment A for a comparison of the ACGME work hours requirements and the recommendations from the Institute of Medicine.
Littner MR, Kushida C, Wise M, Davila DG, Morgenthaler T, Lee-Chiong T, Hirshkowitz M, Daniel LL, Bailey D, Berry RB, Kapen S, Kramer M; Standards of Practice Committee of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Practice parameters for clinical use of the multiple sleep latency test and the maintenance of wakefulness test. Sleep. 2005 Jan;28(1):113-21. doi: 10.1093/sleep/28.1.113.
Pizza F, Contardi S, Ferlisi M, Mondini S, Cirignotta F. Daytime driving simulation performance and sleepiness in obstructive sleep apnoea patients. Accid Anal Prev. 2008 Mar;40(2):602-9. doi: 10.1016/j.aap.2007.08.014. Epub 2007 Sep 19.
Reddy R, Guntupalli K, Alapat P, Surani S, Casturi L, Subramanian S. Sleepiness in medical ICU residents. Chest. 2009 Jan;135(1):81-85. doi: 10.1378/chest.08-0821. Epub 2008 Nov 18.
Volpp KG, Rosen AK, Rosenbaum PR, Romano PS, Even-Shoshan O, Canamucio A, Bellini L, Behringer T, Silber JH. Mortality among patients in VA hospitals in the first 2 years following ACGME resident duty hour reform. JAMA. 2007 Sep 5;298(9):984-92. doi: 10.1001/jama.298.9.984.
Volpp KG, Rosen AK, Rosenbaum PR, Romano PS, Even-Shoshan O, Wang Y, Bellini L, Behringer T, Silber JH. Mortality among hospitalized Medicare beneficiaries in the first 2 years following ACGME resident duty hour reform. JAMA. 2007 Sep 5;298(9):975-83. doi: 10.1001/jama.298.9.975.
Shetty KD, Bhattacharya J. Changes in hospital mortality associated with residency work-hour regulations. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jul 17;147(2):73-80. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-147-2-200707170-00161. Epub 2007 Jun 4.
Other Identifiers
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09-085B
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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