Should Doctors Bring an Apple to Have a More Relaxed Night Shift?: a Single Center, Open Label, Randomized Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 尚未招募
- 入组人数
- 60
- 主要终点
- number of patients
研究概览
简要总结
Background: Emergency doctors face a highly stressful work environment during night shifts. Long-term night shift work can lead to sleep deprivation, fatigue accumulation, and disruption of the biological clock, which may affect doctors' work efficiency and physical and mental health. There are various health interventions for night shift doctors, one of which is an interesting practice of carrying an apple as a symbol of the "night shift deity" to relieve anxiety and improve work efficiency. Although this behavior is not supported by sufficient scientific evidence, it has become a common habit among some doctors during night shifts due to its simplicity, low risk, and ritualistic nature.
Objective: To assess whether carrying an apple during night shifts can significantly reduce fatigue, decrease work intensity, and enhance work experience for emergency doctors.
Design: Single-center, open-label, randomized controlled trial.
Participants: several doctors with a total of 60 emergency working night shifts.
Primary Outcome: Average number of patients per night shift.
Sample Size: The study plans to recruit several doctors with a total of 60 emergency night shifts and randomly assign them to the experimental group and the control group. One doctor can be randomized for many times.
详细描述
Background: Emergency doctors face a highly stressful work environment during night shifts. Long-term night shift work can lead to sleep deprivation, fatigue accumulation, and disruption of the biological clock, which may affect doctors' work efficiency and physical and mental health. There are various health interventions for night shift doctors, one of which is an interesting practice of carrying an apple as a symbol of the "night shift deity" to relieve anxiety and improve work efficiency. Although this behavior is not supported by sufficient scientific evidence, it has become a common habit among some doctors during night shifts due to its simplicity, low risk, and ritualistic nature.
Objective: To assess whether carrying an apple during night shifts can significantly reduce fatigue, decrease work intensity, and enhance work experience for emergency doctors.
Design: Single-center, open-label, randomized controlled trial.
Participants: several doctors with a total of 60 emergency working night shifts.
Primary Outcome: Average number of patients per night shift.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 20 Years 至 40 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Doctors who have a night shift in the emergency department of gynaecology with at least two weeks experience.
排除标准
- •Doctors who refuse to join the study
结局指标
主要结局
number of patients
时间窗: from 5pm on the Randomization day to 8am on the next day
Number of patients during the night shift
次要结局
- Evaluation of night shifts(from 5pm on the Randomization day to 8am on the next day)
- Emergency admissions(from 5pm on the Randomization day to 8am on the next day)
- Emergency surgery number(from 5pm on the Randomization day to 8am on the next day)
- Emergency uterine evacuation number(from 5pm on the Randomization day to 8am on the next day)
- Complicated patients number(from 5pm on the Randomization day to 8am on the next day)
- Doctor's break time(from 5pm on the Randomization day to 8am on the next day)
- Number of patients admitted to emergency room(from 5pm on the Randomization day to 8am on the next day)
研究者
Li Rong
Professor
Peking University Third Hospital