Clinical trial NCT03644758: Assessment of the Quality of Sleep and Sleep Disorders Among the Professional and Volunteer Firefighters of Loire
Official title: Assessment of the Quality of Sleep and Sleep Disorders Among the Professional and Volunteer Firefighters of Loire
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Firefighter
Keywords: Firefighter
Sleep
Sleep disorders
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
Epworth Sleepiness Scale
Insomnia Severity Index (ISI)
stop-BANG questionnaire
Lead sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2018-08-23
Enrollment: 196
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: OTHER
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Professional or voluntary firefighter will be included.

Brief summary: Studies have shown that schedules that most disrupt the normal circadian rhythm have the most harmful consequences. Firefighters positive for a sleep disorder have a higher risk of depression and anxiety; they report more traffic accidents, falling asleep during driving, and worth health felt. Furthermore, some studies suggest that sleep disorders are risk factors for cardiovascular disease. This activity is responsible of a worth quality of sleep that could induce a lower effectiveness of emergency response. The consequences of this schedules on sleep and health of French firemen have never been studied.

Detailed description: In this context, the objective of this observational epidemiological study is to evaluate the quality of sleep of the firefighters of Loire.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Any professional or voluntary firefighter active in Service Departmental Fire and Rescue of Loire or in retirement, and also the medical and paramedical staff of Service Departmental Fire and Rescue of Loire.
* Any fireman affiliated to a social security regime.
* Any fireman who has received information from the study and has agreed to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any fireman unable to understand the study.
* Any fireman having a legal protection measure.

Primary outcomes:
measure: sleep disturbances
timeFrame: September 2019
Secondary outcomes:
measure: excessive drowsiness
timeFrame: September 2019
measure: insomnia severity
timeFrame: September 2019
measure: Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
timeFrame: September 2019
measure: status firefighter
timeFrame: September 2019
measure: number of years of professional practice
timeFrame: September 2019
measure: fire station
timeFrame: September 2019
measure: exercise of another professional activity
timeFrame: September 2019
measure: shift schedules 12 or 24 hours
timeFrame: September 2019
measure: family status
timeFrame: September 2019
measure: personal medical history
timeFrame: September 2019
measure: number of interventions by guard
timeFrame: September 2019
measure: number of interventions by constraint
timeFrame: September 2019
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Saint-Étienne
country: France
facility: Chu Saint-Etienne
Study officials:
affiliation: CHU SAINT-ETIENNE
name: Frédéric ROCHE, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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