The Effects of Night Call on Intellectual Performance

NCT ID: NCT02697266

Last Updated: 2016-09-09

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

21 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-03-31

Study Completion Date

2016-09-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the current proposal will be to examine the clinical performance of both physicians in training as well as experienced faculty in pre and post call situations. Groups will be matched for gender, age, experience and employment duration during regular hours versus immediate post call hour.

Detailed Description

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This is a prospective study evaluating the reaction time among attending anesthesiologists, and anesthesiology residents who take night shift call and are suffering from sleep deprivation. Investigators plan to examine clinical performance by measuring reaction times using a 10 minute psychomotor vigilance test device on physicians in training as well as experienced physicians in pre and post call situations.

All subjects will be informed of the scope and purpose of the study.

1. Attending Anesthesiologists: Gender, age, years of experience, years of employment at the institution, hours of sleep and circadian rhythm will be taken into effect.
2. Residents/Fellows: Gender, age, years of experience, years of employment at the institution and circadian rhythm will be taken into effect.

All study subjects will be asked to fill a questionnaire regarding demographic data, coping strategy Index.

1. Baseline instruments; including demographics, and coping strategy indicator (CSI), will be administrated.
2. Reaction time, mood and simple cognitive test will be measured at approximately 7 am of a regular day, (when the subject is not on call).
3. Reaction time, mood and simple cognitive test will be measured at approximately 7 am of after a call night.

This proposal attempts to examine the impact of night shift on mood, cognitive and motor task performance in physicians as compared to regular hours.

Conditions

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Sleep Deprivation

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Post-call anesthesiologists

Attending anesthesiologists, and Anesthesiology residents

No intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

This is an observational study.

Regular-shift anesthesiologists

Attending anesthesiologists, and Anesthesiology residents

No intervention

Intervention Type OTHER

This is an observational study.

Interventions

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No intervention

This is an observational study.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Staff Attending Anesthesiologist who takes night shift call
* Anesthesiology residents who take night shift call

Exclusion Criteria

* Staff unwilling to participate
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Haleh Saadat

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Haleh Saadat

Director of Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Haleh Saadat, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Nationwide Children's Hospital

Locations

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Nationwide Children's Hospital

Columbus, Ohio, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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IRB14-00143

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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