Effect of Work Load and Sleep Deprivation on Medical Staff's Driving Skills

NCT00849706 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 481131-HMO-CTIL
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 100
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Long and unorthodox working hours (e.g. 24 hours or 23pm-07am shifts for doctors and nurses respectively) combined with sleep deprivation, may affect cognitive functions such as response time and concentration. These parameters may be tested using a driving simulator. Apart from the obvious consequences of driving skills impairment for the medical personal, it may serve as a quality assessment tool in evaluating the impact of workload and sleep deprivation on medical staff's function. This study aims to assess the effect of work load and sleep deprivation on medical staff's driving skills.

Conditions

Sleep Deprivation

Keywords

sleep deprivation; workload; increased workload

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in driving simulator test results after night shifts compared with control.

  2 months

Study Arms (1)

Study group

Medical staff personal, doctors and nurses, working night shifts.

Other: Study participants will work their regular shifts, and tested after night shifts.No shifts will be added because of the study.

Interventions

Study participants will work their regular shifts, and tested after night shifts.No shifts will be added because of the study. OTHER

Night shifts in our medical center are working 8 hours from 23:00 to 7:00 the following day for nurses, and working overnight (24h) for doctors.

Study group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 25 Years - 50 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Medical staff (doctors and nurses) working night shifts.

You may qualify if:

• Given informed consent
• Medical staff (doctor / nurse) working night shifts.
• Having a driver's license.

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnancy.
• Any systemic / neurological condition which may affect results.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hadassah Medical Organization: lead

Study Sites (1)

Hadassah Medical Organization, Jerusalem, Israel

Jerusalem, Ein-Kerem, POB 12000, Israel

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Bajaj JS, Hafeezullah M, Hoffmann RG, Varma RR, Franco J, Binion DG, Hammeke TA, Saeian K. Navigation skill impairment: Another dimension of the driving difficulties in minimal hepatic encephalopathy. Hepatology. 2008 Feb;47(2):596-604. doi: 10.1002/hep.22032.

  PMID: 18000989 BACKGROUND

• Horne J, Reyner L. Vehicle accidents related to sleep: a review. Occup Environ Med. 1999 May;56(5):289-94. doi: 10.1136/oem.56.5.289.

  PMID: 10472301 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sleep Deprivation

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Dyssomnias; Sleep Wake Disorders; Nervous System Diseases; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Mental Disorders

Central Study Contacts

Tomer Adar, MD

CONTACT

972-2-6778511; tomerad@hadassah.org.il

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 19, 2009
• First Posted: February 24, 2009
• Study Start: March 1, 2009
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2010
• Last Updated: February 24, 2009

Record last verified: 2009-02

Locations

IL (1)