Clinical trial NCT06829979: Improving Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reducing Burnout
Official title: A Pilot, Feasibility Study to Improve Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reduce Burnout
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy
Keywords: Sleep
Fatigue
Burnout
Night shift
Lead sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Shadyside Hospital Foundation
First posted: 2025-02-17
Enrollment: 8
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 99
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: 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.
Primary purpose: OTHER

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.

Detailed description: Aim 1 (Primary): Examine the feasibility of a larger study and hospital-wide implementation of two fatigue countermeasure interventions (access to napping/relaxation rooms and use of blue/green light blocking glass during night shift).

Aim 2 (Exploratory): Explore the effects of the interventions on melatonin levels, overall health, sleep, fatigue, cognitive function, missed care, nurse burnout, and salivary melatonin levels.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* 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

Exclusion Criteria:

* 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Recruitment rate
timeFrame: 2 months
measure: Attrition rate
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Completeness of questionnaire responses
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Melatonin collection
timeFrame: 4 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Changes in physical health between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Changes in mental health between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Changes in Multidimensional Sleep Health between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Changes in sleep distrubance between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Changes in sleep-related impairment between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Change in sleep duration between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Change in sleep efficiency between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Change in fatigue between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Change in cognition function between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Change in burnout between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Changes in missed care between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
measure: Changes in salivary melatonin levels between baseline and the three conditions
timeFrame: 3 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Pittsburgh
country: United States
facility: UPMC Shadyside
state: Pennsylvania
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