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Effects of Shift Work on Nurse Staff Health

NCT03453398 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 71

Last updated 2020-01-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Shift work deeply impacts on temporal organization leading to a circadian desynchronization, which translates into a worsening of the sleep quality and work ability during waking hours. Furthermore, also the fine motor control skills and the subjective mood profile could undergo modifications in relation to the acquired sleep debt. The misalignment between working time and physiological/behavioral functions could have negative influences on the levels of spontaneous daily activity, with possible alteration of the activity-rest rhythm of the worker, especially in clinics.

In relation to the participants' chronotype, the aim of this project will be to evaluate the effect of irregular working hours (shift work) on (i) the sleep quality, (ii) the circadian rhythm of activity levels and, (iii) the motor control. These assessments will help to identify the shift type with less impact on the health status in a nurse cohort.

Conditions

  • Shift Work Type Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder
  • Chronobiology Disorders
  • Mood Swing
  • Physical Activity
  • Cardiovascular Diseases

Interventions

OTHER

Shifts working hours with different schedules

Workers in Group 1, 2, and 3 will undergo three different shift work modalities presenting different schedules. Importantly, as an inclusion criteria, workers have to be involved in the same shift modality for at least one year at the time at the beginning of the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • I.R.C.C.S Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Fabio Esposito, MD · University of Milan

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-01-23
Primary Completion
2019-12-30
Completion
2020-01-15

Countries

  • Italy

Study Locations

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Diseases

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