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Does Fatigue Coaching Improve Functioning and Fatigue in Resident Night Shifts

NCT06100809 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2026-03-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Emergency Medicine (EM) requires 24/7 staff coverage resulting in healthcare workers' circadian rhythm disruptions that impair clinical and cognitive performance, physical recovery, and contribute to burnout. Multiple well-being surveys continue to highlight EM's challenges with sleep impairment due to the nature of the specialty. Despite evidence that lifestyle strategies effectively optimize performance and recovery, EM residents have variable lifestyle choices to prepare for overnight shifts. This prospective randomized controlled trial will examine whether a pre-shift personalized fatigue-mitigation lifestyle coaching (PFMLC) for EM residents on overnight shifts minimizes the effects of circadian rhythm disruptions on performance and recovery compared to those who receive one-time passive information on lifestyle practices. All participants will receive lifestyle strategy materials on fatigue mitigation to improve performance. Residents' self-reported and biometric data will inform PFMLC in the active arm. Performance and recovery from night shifts will be assessed by changes in sleep, heart rate variability, readiness/recovery, alertness, cognitive performance, and mental health using Fitbit and validated measures.

Conditions

  • Fatigue
  • Shift Work Type Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Personalized coaching

Personalized fatigue mitigation coaching.

BEHAVIORAL

Nutrition handout

Nutrition handout

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Massachusetts, Worcester

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-07-15
Primary Completion
2027-07-31
Completion
2027-12-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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