The Effects of Night Call on Intellectual Performance
Individual Coping Strategies After Night Calls: Effects on Performing Clinical and Cognitive Tasks
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observational
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1 country
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Brief Summary
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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
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participants targeted
Target at below P25 for all trials
Started Mar 2014
Typical duration for all trials
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
March 1, 2014
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 21, 2015
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
March 3, 2016
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2016
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
September 1, 2016
CompletedSeptember 9, 2016
September 1, 2016
2.1 years
December 21, 2015
September 8, 2016
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Reaction time
We plan to measure reaction times via a 10-minute psychomotor vigilance test (PVT, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc., NY) device. The PVT-192 Psychomotor Vigilance Task Monitor is a hand-held, self-contained system used for repetitive reaction time measurements.
Regular Day and Post-call shifts - Through study completion, an average of one year.
Visual Analog Scale
Subjective sleepiness and alertness (and other parameters) will be measured via the Visual Analog Scale (VAS). This Questionnaire consists of several 100 millimeter lines, each of which is labeled at one end with the words "not at all" and the other end with the word "extremely". Centered under each line are the test adjectives which are as follows: "alert, able to concentrate, " anxious", "energetic", "feel confident", "irritable", "Jittery/nervous", "sleepy", and "talkative". The participants indicate the point on the line, which corresponded to the way they feel along the continuum at the time the test is taken. The score for each item consists of a number of millimeters from the left side of the line to the location at which the participants placed their mark.
Regular Day and Post-call shifts - Through study completion, an average of one year.
Profile of mood states
Subjective evaluations of mood will be made with the Profile of Mood States (POMS). The POMS is a 65-Item questionnaire which, when scored according to the specific templates, measures affect or mood on scales: 1) Tension-Anxiety, 2) Depression-dejection, 3) anger-hostility, 4) vigor-activity, 5) fatigue-inertia, and 6) confusion-bewilderment. Factor scores on each scale will be analyzed.
Regular Day and Post-call shifts - Through study completion, an average of one year.
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Coping Strategy Indicator (CSI):
Regular-shift - Through study completion, an average of one year.
Study Arms (2)
Post-call anesthesiologists
Attending anesthesiologists, and Anesthesiology residents
Regular-shift anesthesiologists
Attending anesthesiologists, and Anesthesiology residents
Interventions
This is an observational study.
Eligibility Criteria
Twenty-four attending anesthesiologists and anesthesiology residents
You may qualify if:
- Staff Attending Anesthesiologist who takes night shift call
- Anesthesiology residents who take night shift call
You may not qualify if:
- Staff unwilling to participate
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- Haleh Saadatlead
Study Sites (1)
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Columbus, Ohio, 43205, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Haleh Saadat, MD
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Study Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Observational Model
- COHORT
- Time Perspective
- PROSPECTIVE
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Director of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 21, 2015
First Posted
March 3, 2016
Study Start
March 1, 2014
Primary Completion
April 1, 2016
Study Completion
September 1, 2016
Last Updated
September 9, 2016
Record last verified: 2016-09