Descriptive Study of Biological Stress and Perceived Stress at the Center 15

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Psychological Stress; Physiological Stress
• Interventions: Other: salivary sampling by a biomnis swab

• Registration Number: NCT02075424
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz-Thionville

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to describe biological stress (cortisolemia) and perceived stress in Emergency Call Center Operators and Doctors while processing a center 15 call.

Detailed Description

Sample description : qualitative variables be expressed as percentages, numbers and 95% confidence intervals Quantitative variables will be expressed as means, standard deviations or medians, range, interquartile intervals Description of biological stress : it will be described by calculating the difference between the observed peek or peeks of cortisol ans the cortisol level measured at rest (means, standard deviations or medians, range, interquartile intervals) Description of perceived stress : the AVS will be described in terms of means and standard deviation Comparison of the peek-delta/base level of cortisol in the 3 different workstations of the call center operators according to the non parametrical Kruskall Wallis test. Same for the lengthof service of the call operator, the severity of the call and the status of the doctor The AVS score (perceived stress) will be compared to the peek-delta/base level of cortisol (biological stress) thanks to the Spearmann correlation coefficient.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-02-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-02-27
• Study Start: 2014-03
• Study First Posted: 2014-03-03
• Primary Completion: 2016-06
• Study Completion: 2016-06
• Status Verified: 2016-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-07-14
• Last Update Posted: 2016-07-18

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

• medical and paramedical staff from the center 15 (call operators, emergency doctors and general practitioners)
• healthy volunteers having received the specific information letter regarding the sudy and having signed the clarified consent form
• healthy volunteers are affiliated to the french social welfare

Exclusion Criteria

• chronic alcoholism
• women under oestroprogestative hormonal treatment
• high level athletes
• healthy volunteers under steroids treatment
• healthy volunteers suffering from a mental health related disorder
• fever on the day the sample is taken
• healthy volunteers with endocrine disorders

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
salivery sampling by a biomnis swab	salivary sampling by a biomnis swab	Each call operator will have a series of salivary sampling taken when assigned to call reception, to the unit deployment station and to the assessment station. Only one sampling will occur to doctors who are assigned to a single workstation. Sampling will be taken every 15 minutes during one hour and half and one last sample will be taken 2 hours after the call For each participant, a serie of control-samples will be taken during a day off and during a security break.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
biological stress by salivary cortisol secretion	every 15 minutes after the emergency call and during 2 hours

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
perceived stress : VAS and SPPN questionnaire	VAS is assessed four times (once after each emergency call) during the first salivary sampling. SPPN once, on day 1, remote the emergency call (within the hourspreceding or following the emergency call)	SPPN : Negative and Positive Professional Stress, before the first salivary sampling.; VAS : Visual Analogic Scale,

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz Thionville; 🇫🇷 Metz cedex 03, France