Effects of Morningness on Night Split Shift Performance

NCT ID: NCT06440434

Last Updated: 2024-06-13

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

30 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-04-19

Study Completion Date

2024-12-31

Brief Summary

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The goal is to investigate if the morningness-eveningness dimension mediates sleep and function on spilt night shifts (midnight-4am and 4am-8am).

Does those with high score of morningness function relatively better on the last compared to the first split shift?

Participants will:

Record their sleep from 2 days prior to 2 days following the split shift During the shifts complete questionnaires assessing mood, sleepiness and perceived performance as well as complete cognitive tests: Psychomotor vigilance test, digit symbol substitution test, working memory scanning test, reversal learning test, and visual search test

Detailed Description

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A sample of 28 students will be recruited and exposed to two conditions in a randomized, controlled, crossover study. They will be assessed with subjective (sleep diary) and objective sleep measures (sleep radar) for 2 days before the night shift, during the night shift and 2 days following the night shift. The simulated night shifts will last from midnight to 8am and will be divided into two halves (midnight-4am and 4am-8am), denoted as split-shift, and for each participant separated by at least 1 week. Based on the Horne-Östberg Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (median spilt) two groups are created, from which participants will be randomized to the two orders of the spilt-shift.

Each hour on each shift the participants will complete: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Karolinska Sleepiness Scale, perceived performance and the following cognitive tests: Psychomotor vigilance test, Digit symbol substitution test, Working memory scanning test, Reversal learning test, and Visual search test.

Data will be analyzed with linear mixed models with three fixed factors: Group (low vs. high morningness), shift (midnight-4am vs. 4am-8am), and hour and one random factor (participant).

Conditions

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Shift-work Disorder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

A 2 (midnight-4am vs.4am-8am) within factor x 2 (below vs. above median on morningness) between factor experimental design
Primary Study Purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Randomly allocated to order of night shifts (midnight-4am vs.4am-8am)

Study Groups

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Early night shift (midnight-4am)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Time of night shift

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Early vs. late night split night shift

Late night shift (4am - 8am)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Time of night shift

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Early vs. late night split night shift

Interventions

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Time of night shift

Early vs. late night split night shift

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* 18-40 years old
* no incorrectable vision problems

Exclusion Criteria

\* regular use of sleep medication
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Bergen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ståle Pallesen

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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University of Bergen

Bergen, , Norway

Site Status

Countries

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Norway

Other Identifiers

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M3447

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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