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Fragile sleep under Aircraft Noise and Circadian Shift - Examination about the influence of air traffic noise on the vulnerable sleep induced by shift of circadian rhythm.

Not Applicable
Conditions
sleepshift work
Registration Number
DRKS00011362
Lead Sponsor
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrtmedizin, Abteilung für Flugphysiologie
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Complete
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
33
Inclusion Criteria

normal hearing

Exclusion Criteria

BMI >30; good command of German language; medication which influences research parameters; drug dependence; smokers; every other condition which, according to the medical doctors involved, makes someone unsuited for participating in the study (e.g. claustrophobia, increased risk of depression); pregnancy; sleeping disorder

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Polysomnogprahy during sleeping epsiodes (silence, noise) is measured to detect differences in sleep (Total Sleep Time) between daytime and nighttime sleepers in comparison with their basline measurement.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Cognitive performace (psychomotoric vigilance test, n-back-task and visual search task) is measured with help of a computer test after sleeping episodes and 11h after getting up.<br>Cardiovascular parameters (Pulse Transit Time and heart rate variability) are recorded with polysomnography.<br>Subjektive feelings (annoyance and self reported sleep quality) are assesed with a questionaire before and after a sleeping episode.<br><br>
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