Descriptive Study of Biological Stress and Perceived Stress at the Center 15

NCT02075424 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: 2013-02-CHRMT2013-A01725-40
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to describe biological stress (cortisolemia) and perceived stress in Emergency Call Center Operators and Doctors while processing a center 15 call.

Conditions

Physiological Stress; Psychological Stress

Keywords

stress; cortisol; emergency call center; hospital staff

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• biological stress by salivary cortisol secretion

  every 15 minutes after the emergency call and during 2 hours

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• perceived stress : VAS and SPPN questionnaire

  VAS is assessed four times (once after each emergency call) during the first salivary sampling. SPPN once, on day 1, remote the emergency call (within the hourspreceding or following the emergency call)

Study Arms (1)

salivery sampling by a biomnis swab

EXPERIMENTAL

Each call operator will have a series of salivary sampling taken when assigned to call reception, to the unit deployment station and to the assessment station. Only one sampling will occur to doctors who are assigned to a single workstation. Sampling will be taken every 15 minutes during one hour and half and one last sample will be taken 2 hours after the call For each participant, a serie of control-samples will be taken during a day off and during a security break.

Other: salivary sampling by a biomnis swab

Interventions

salivary sampling by a biomnis swab OTHER

Each call operator will have a series of salivary sampling taken when assigned to call reception, to the unit deployment station and to the assessment station. Only one sampling will occur to doctors who are assigned to a single workstation. Sampling will be taken every 15 minutes during one hour and half and one last sample will be taken 2 hours after the call. To improve interpretation of the results, a series of control-samples will be taken among the call operators and doctors during a day off and not during a security break. There will be 4x8 samples taken for each call operator and 2x8 samples per doctor. They will also be frozen at a temperature of -4°C and sent to the laboratory of the CHR Metz Thionville.

salivery sampling by a biomnis swab

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 70 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• medical and paramedical staff from the center 15 (call operators, emergency doctors and general practitioners)
• healthy volunteers having received the specific information letter regarding the sudy and having signed the clarified consent form
• healthy volunteers are affiliated to the french social welfare

You may not qualify if:

• chronic alcoholism
• women under oestroprogestative hormonal treatment
• high level athletes
• healthy volunteers under steroids treatment
• healthy volunteers suffering from a mental health related disorder
• fever on the day the sample is taken
• healthy volunteers with endocrine disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville: lead

Study Sites (1)

Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz Thionville

Metz, 57085, France

Location

Related Publications (5)

• Weibel L, Gabrion I, Aussedat M, Kreutz G. Work-related stress in an emergency medical dispatch center. Ann Emerg Med. 2003 Apr;41(4):500-6. doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.109.

  PMID: 12658250 BACKGROUND

• Nakajima Y, Takahashi T, Shetty V, Yamaguchi M. Patterns of salivary cortisol levels can manifest work stress in emergency care providers. J Physiol Sci. 2012 May;62(3):191-7. doi: 10.1007/s12576-012-0197-8. Epub 2012 Feb 19.

  PMID: 22350686 BACKGROUND

• Kirschbaum C, Hellhammer DH. Salivary cortisol in psychobiological research: an overview. Neuropsychobiology. 1989;22(3):150-69. doi: 10.1159/000118611.

  PMID: 2485862 BACKGROUND

• Hellhammer DH, Wust S, Kudielka BM. Salivary cortisol as a biomarker in stress research. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009 Feb;34(2):163-171. doi: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2008.10.026. Epub 2008 Dec 18.

  PMID: 19095358 BACKGROUND

• Kirschbaum C, Hellhammer DH. Salivary cortisol in psychoneuroendocrine research: recent developments and applications. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 1994;19(4):313-33. doi: 10.1016/0306-4530(94)90013-2.

  PMID: 8047637 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Stress, Psychological

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Officials

• Michel Aussedat, MD

  Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 24, 2014
• First Posted: March 3, 2014
• Study Start: March 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2016
• Study Completion: June 1, 2016
• Last Updated: July 18, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-07

Locations

FR (1)