Sleep check before shift work: The effectiveness of a sleep education, screening, and management approach to prevent road trauma in Australia’s young adults.

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: sleep disorders; road accidents; Help seeking behaviour; Fatigued driving; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Public Health - Health service research; Respiratory - Sleep apnoea; Mental Health - Other mental health disorders; Neurological - Other neurological disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12624000339550
• Lead Sponsor: Flinders University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-03-26
• Last Update Posted: 2 September 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

18 -39 years of age
-Hold a car license (full, provisional (p-plates) or learners permit) or equivalent license which enables them to drive an on road vehicle.
-Drive at least 1 hour per week
-Read and speak English fluently
-Able to provide informed written consent
-Be currently enrolled in a tertiary study degree in Paramedicine, Nursing or Medicine

Screen on comprehensive questionnaires as likely to be at risk of a sleep disorder by meeting one or more of the below criteria:
-Insomnia Severity Index >=8
-ESS>10 indicating high sleepiness.
- Screen as highly likely to have OSA on the Berlin questionnaire
- Indication of an ICSD-3 or DSM-V-TR sleep disorder according to clinical interview with either a sleep physician or sleep psychologist

Exclusion Criteria

Participants will be excluded from the study if:
-They have ingested, inhaled, or injected any illicit drugs or cannabis in the previous 4 weeks or have drug dependencies that would mean they could not abstain for the duration of the extended wakefulness protocol.
-They have unmanaged suicidal ideation or intent.
- They have a history of traumatic brain injury, stroke, neurogenerative disorders (Parkinson’s disease, Dementia)
-They have a smoking dependence (non-casual smoking) which would prevent them from remaining in the laboratory to complete the study.
-They are pregnant, lactating, or caring for a newborn (under 12months of age).
-Will be required to undertake shift work between the hours of midnight and 5am in the three days prior to their scheduled laboratory stay.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Time to first appointment with a health professional specifically for sleep[Number of days from diagnostic appointment to self-reported treatment appointment. This will be determined by monthly contact with participants to identify the date(s) of any medical appointment(s) for sleep. First treatment appointment date within 12 months of follow-up; assessed monthly for 12 months.];Sought help from a healthcare professional specifically for sleep[Self report Baseline, followed by 3,6,9 and 12 month follow ups from the sleep disorder diagnostic appointment];Self-reported driving event (yes or no) in the follow-up period[Composite measure of self-reported driving events, comprised of self-reported information on having fallen asleep at the wheel, had a near-miss accident due to sleepiness, or had an accident due to sleepiness. Baseline, 3,6,9 and 12 months ]