Assessments in Stress and Quality of Sleep/Life in Night-shift Nurses and Doctors

NCT ID: NCT02541747

Last Updated: 2016-07-12

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

77 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-06-30

Study Completion Date

2015-06-30

Brief Summary

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This study aims to evaluate the effects of aroma massage to sleep quality of the nurses and staff during night shift.

Detailed Description

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Night shift increases physical and psychological pressure, and even affects their sleep quality. This study aims to evaluate the effects of aroma massage to sleep quality of the nurses during night shift after life-style modification and/or aroma massage. The investigators adopt a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in this study. The investigators expect aroma massage would improve the sleep quality during night shift.

Conditions

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Shift-Work Sleep Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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massage

massage for 30 min, once a week for 4 weeks

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

massage

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

massage

control

Rest as control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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massage

massage

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Shift-Work Nurses and Staff

Exclusion Criteria

* Diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and psychological disorders
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

65 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Taichung Veterans General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Wayne HH Sheu, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Locations

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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Taichang, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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CG14114

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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