Improving Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reducing Burnout

NCT06829979 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: STUDY24090069
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 5
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Healthy and happy nurses are essential to ensuring optimal patient outcomes and organizational success. The evidence on the negative impacts of night shift on nurses' health and cognitive function, and their implications on patient outcomes and organizational costs, reflect the need for interventions to mitigate these detrimental outcomes. This pilot, feasibility, clinical trial will examine the feasibility of two fatigue countermeasure interventions (access to napping/relaxation room and use of blue/green light blocking glass during night shift) and explore the interventions effects on nurses' health, missed care, and burnout.

Conditions

Healthy

Keywords

Sleep; Fatigue; Burnout; Night shift

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Recruitment rate

  Number of potential participants screened in order to enroll 8 participants

  2 months

• Attrition rate

  Percentage of enrolled participants completing the intervention as a whole and its three conditions

  4 months

• Completeness of questionnaire responses

  Percentage of completed responses

  4 months

• Melatonin collection

  Number of salivary melatonin samples collected

  4 months

Secondary Outcomes (12)

• Changes in physical health between baseline and the three conditions

  3 months

• Changes in mental health between baseline and the three conditions

  3 months

• Changes in Multidimensional Sleep Health between baseline and the three conditions

  3 months

• Changes in sleep distrubance between baseline and the three conditions

  3 months

• Changes in sleep-related impairment between baseline and the three conditions

  3 months

Study Arms (1)

Single group, crossover - order of the interventions to be randomly selected

EXPERIMENTAL

All participants will receive the same interventions which includes access to the napping/relaxation room only intervention, blue and green light blocking glasses only intervention, and the combined intervention. There will be a two-week washout between the interventions. The order of the interventions will be randomized to one of the following options: * Napping/relaxation room, blue and green light blocking glasses, combined * Blue and green light blocking glasses, napping/relaxation room, combined * Napping/relaxation room, combined, blue and green light blocking glasses * Blue and green light blocking glasses, combined, napping/relaxation room * Combined, napping/relaxation room, blue and green light blocking glasses * Combined, blue and green light blocking glasses, napping/relaxation room

Behavioral: Access to napping/relaxation room; Other: Blue and green light blocking glasses

Interventions

Access to napping/relaxation room BEHAVIORAL

During the night shift, study participants will have access to the hospital unit's napping/relaxation room with a sound machine, diffusers for aromatherapy, a massage chair that can be used for napping, and snacks.

Single group, crossover - order of the interventions to be randomly selected

Blue and green light blocking glasses OTHER

During the night shift, participants will be asked wear study-provided blue and green light blocking glasses.

Single group, crossover - order of the interventions to be randomly selected

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 99 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Being a registered nurse at UPMC Shadyside (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Working full-time night or rotating shifts
• Willing to wear a Fitbit around-the-clock during the study
• Willing to use nap/relaxation room and glasses only when assigned to that condition
• Willing to provide saliva samples

You may not qualify if:

• Having a diagnosed sleep disorder (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, or shift work disorder)
• Currently being treated for a serious mental illness
• Needing to use eye glasses to complete work related activities (note: contact lenses are acceptable)
• Use of prescription or over-the-counter sleep aides including melatonin

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Shadyside Hospital Foundation: collaborator
• University of Pittsburgh: lead

Study Sites (1)

UPMC Shadyside

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15232, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Fatigue; Burnout, Psychological

Interventions

RID

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Stress, Psychological; Behavioral Symptoms; Behavior

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Model Details: All participants are in a single group/cohort. Everyone will receive the same interventions in the same order. The order of the interventions will be randomly selected from six possible choices.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 11, 2025
• First Posted: February 17, 2025
• Study Start: May 23, 2025
• Primary Completion: October 29, 2025
• Study Completion: December 31, 2025
• Last Updated: January 21, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Access Criteria: A Limited Dataset (LDS) may be created and shared pursuant to a Data Use Agreement (DUA) appropriately limiting use of the dataset and prohibiting the recipient from identifying or re-identifying (or taking steps to identify or re-identify) any individual whose data are included in the dataset.

Locations

US (1)