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Effects of Morningness on Night Split Shift Performance

Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
Conditions
Shift-work Disorder
Interventions
Behavioral: Time of night shift
Registration Number
NCT06440434
Lead Sponsor
University of Bergen
Brief Summary

The goal is to investigate if the morningness-eveningness dimension mediates sleep and function on spilt night shifts (midnight-4am and 4am-8am).

Does those with high score of morningness function relatively better on the last compared to the first split shift?

Participants will:

Record their sleep from 2 days prior to 2 days following the split shift During the shifts complete questionnaires assessing mood, sleepiness and perceived performance as well as complete cognitive tests: Psychomotor vigilance test, digit symbol substitution test, working memory scanning test, reversal learning test, and visual search test

Detailed Description

A sample of 28 students will be recruited and exposed to two conditions in a randomized, controlled, crossover study. They will be assessed with subjective (sleep diary) and objective sleep measures (sleep radar) for 2 days before the night shift, during the night shift and 2 days following the night shift. The simulated night shifts will last from midnight to 8am and will be divided into two halves (midnight-4am and 4am-8am), denoted as split-shift, and for each participant separated by at least 1 week. Based on the Horne-Östberg Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire (median spilt) two groups are created, from which participants will be randomized to the two orders of the spilt-shift.

Each hour on each shift the participants will complete: Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS), Karolinska Sleepiness Scale, perceived performance and the following cognitive tests: Psychomotor vigilance test, Digit symbol substitution test, Working memory scanning test, Reversal learning test, and Visual search test.

Data will be analyzed with linear mixed models with three fixed factors: Group (low vs. high morningness), shift (midnight-4am vs. 4am-8am), and hour and one random factor (participant).

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
30
Inclusion Criteria
  • 18-40 years old
  • no incorrectable vision problems
Exclusion Criteria

* regular use of sleep medication

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Early night shift (midnight-4am)Time of night shift-
Late night shift (4am - 8am)Time of night shift-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Total sleep timeTotal sleep time between 6pm day before shift start to 6pm the day the shift end for both early night shift (midnight-04am) and late night shift (04am-08am)

Total sleep (sleep diary and radar). Higher values indicates more sleep

Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT)Hourly during shifts (0:15am, 1:15am, 2:15am and 3:15am on early night shift; 4:15am, 5:15am, 6:15am and 7:15 am on late night shift)

Reaction time (mean 1/RT) and number of lapses (RTs≥500 ms). For mean 1/RT higher values are associated with best performance, on lapses higher values are associated with worst performance

Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS)Hourly during shifts (0:15am, 1:15am, 2:15am and 3:15am on early night shift; 4:15am, 5:15am, 6:15am and 7:15 am on late night shift)

Assessment of state sleepiness, range 1-9 (higher scores indicate worse state)

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Working Memory Scanning Test (probed recall)Hourly during shifts (0:15am, 1:15am, 2:15am and 3:15am on early night shift; 4:15am, 5:15am, 6:15am and 7:15 am on late night shift)

Test presenting list of words. Then words are presented and subjects decide if word was present or not in list presented. The accuracy and RTs for positive trials (where probe was present in list) will be used as dependent variables. Higher accuracy and lower reaction time are associated with best performance

Self-rated performanceHourly during shifts (0:15am, 1:15am, 2:15am and 3:15am on early night shift; 4:15am, 5:15am, 6:15am and 7:15 am on late night shift)

Self-rated performance on cognitive tests. Range 1-10. Higher scores indicate best performance rating

Reversal Learning TestHourly during shifts (0:15am, 1:15am, 2:15am and 3:15am on early night shift; 4:15am, 5:15am, 6:15am and 7:15 am on late night shift)

Test measuring the ability to differentiating between "go-stimuli" and "no-go stimuli" before and after reversal of go and no-go stimuli. Discriminability (hit rate/false alarm rate) and response bias before and after reversal are recorded. Higher discriminability indicates better performance, higher response bias indicate worse performance

Sleep efficiency (percentage of time in bed one sleeps)Between 6pm day before shift start to 6pm the day the shift end for both early night shift (midnight-04am) and late night shift (04am-08am)

Sleep efficiency (diary and radar). Range from 0-100%. Higher scores indicate best state

Digital Symbol Substitution TestHourly during shifts (0:15am, 1:15am, 2:15am and 3:15am on early night shift; 4:15am, 5:15am, 6:15am and 7:15 am on late night shift)

Test where one match symbols to numbers as fast as possible. Range 0-100. Higher scores indicate best performance

Visual Search TestHourly during shifts (0:15am, 1:15am, 2:15am and 3:15am on early night shift; 4:15am, 5:15am, 6:15am and 7:15 am on late night shift)

Multiple objects are presented, and from among them a target is identified. The task of the subject is finding the target. Outcomes are reaction time (RT) and accuracy. Lower reaction times and higher accuracy are associated with best performance

Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS)Hourly during shifts (0:15am, 1:15am, 2:15am and 3:15am on early night shift; 4:15am, 5:15am, 6:15am and 7:15 am on late night shift)

Assessment of mood/affect. Range 10-50. On positive mood subscale higher scores indicate best state, on negative mood state, higher scores indicate worst state

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Bergen

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Bergen, Norway

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