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Early Exposure of Medical Students to Night Shifts: Impact on Well-being and Anxiety

NCT ID: NCT04822454

Last Updated: 2021-03-30

Study Results

Results pending

The study team has not published outcome measurements, participant flow, or safety data for this trial yet. Check back later for updates.

Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

70 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-01-01

Study Completion Date

2019-06-01

Brief Summary

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This is an interventional study assessing the impact of 'shadowing night shifts' early during medical school, on the wellbeing and level of anxiety of a students during their first official night shifts.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Medical Students Well-being and Anxiety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Night shift shadowing program

Medical students who participated in a night shift shadowing program prior to their first official night shifts

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Night shift shadowing program

Intervention Type OTHER

Our population, made up of 70 students, was divided into two randomly randomized groups: 31 (44.3%) had five night shift shadowing duty prior to their first official night shifts, and 39 (55.7%) did not participate in the shadowing program.

No night shift shadowing program

Medical students who did not participate in the night shift shadowing program prior to their first official night shifts

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Night shift shadowing program

Our population, made up of 70 students, was divided into two randomly randomized groups: 31 (44.3%) had five night shift shadowing duty prior to their first official night shifts, and 39 (55.7%) did not participate in the shadowing program.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Students of the class of 2021 at the Faculty of Medicine of Saint Joseph University in their fifth year (Med 2).

Exclusion Criteria

* student who has already been on call during internships in Lebanon or abroad, as well as students in other medical years.
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Anthony Kerbage

Principal Investigator, PGY-1 Resident of Internal Medicine

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Saint Joseph University

Beirut, N/A (n/a), Lebanon

Site Status

Countries

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Lebanon

Other Identifiers

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StJosephBeirut

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id