Trainee-led evaluation of the need for intershift recovery among emergency department doctors in the United Kingdom: the TIRED-UK study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Fatigue and recovery in doctors; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN21869845
• Lead Sponsor: niversity Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust

Brief Summary

2020 results in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33139301/ (added 05/11/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2019-10-10
• Study Start: 2019-11-07
• Last Update Posted: 16 November 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 4247

Inclusion Criteria

1. Doctors with full or provisional registration with the General Medical Council who have been employed in their main role as an ED doctor for the preceding month at the time of completion of the survey
This includes; ED consultants, ED specialist training doctors, ED associate specialist and staff grades doctors, acute common care stem trainees, GP trainees, Foundation Year one and two doctors, clinical fellows and trust grade doctors.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Doctors whose main place of employment is outside of the ED. This includes speciality doctors employed in specialties other than Emergency Medicine. This will be identified in the demographic questions asked in the survey
2. EDs designated as Type 2, 3, or 4 by NHS England

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Baseline Need for Recovery (NFR) score amongst ED doctors in the UK assessed by NFR questionnaire.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<br> Assessed by 57-item survey:<br> 1. Demographic characteristics<br> 2. Occupational characteristics<br> 3. Well-being characterisitics<br>