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Comparison of Biomarkers of Stress in Emergency Physicians Working a 24-hour Shift or a 14-hour Night Shift - the JOBSTRESS Randomized Trial

NCT01874704 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 19

Last updated 2013-06-11

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Summary

A stressful state can lead to symptoms of mental exhaustion, physical fatigue, medical errors, and also increase coronary heart disease. Emergency physicians subjectively complain of stress related to changes in work shifts. Several potential biomarkers of stress have been described, but never investigated in emergency physician, who may represent a good model of stress due to the complex interplay between stress (life-and-death emergencies, which is the defining characteristic of their job), lack of sleep and fatigue due to repeated changes in shifts.The aim of this study was to compare biomarkers in emergency physicians working a 24-hour shift (24hS) or a 14-hour night shift (14hS), and in those working a control day (clerical work on return from leave). We also followed these markers three days following each shift (D3/24hS and D3/14hS).

Conditions

  • Biomarkers of Stress in Emergency Physicians

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Comparison of biomarkers of stress

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Association des Médecins des Urgences de Clermont-Ferrand

    collaborator OTHER

  • Université d'Auvergne

    collaborator OTHER

  • University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Alain CHAMOUX · University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand

Study Design

Purpose
SCREENING
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-09-30
Completion
2011-09-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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