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Behavioral Intervention

Lifestyle Coaching for Fatigue in Emergency Medicine Residents

N/A

Recruiting

Led By Maryam S Makowski, PhD

Research Sponsored by Stanford University

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Be older than 18 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 3 weeks

Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial will test if coaching helps emergency medicine trainees better manage night shifts and improve performance & recovery.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for Stanford Health Care Emergency Medicine residents (from first to fourth year) who are scheduled to work at least three consecutive overnight shifts in the SHC Emergency Department. It's not open to non-SHC residents or those not currently rotating in the department.Check my eligibility

What is being tested?

The study is testing if personalized lifestyle coaching, along with an educational handout, can help emergency medicine trainees better handle fatigue and stress from working night shifts, potentially improving their performance and recovery.See study design

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves lifestyle coaching rather than medication, traditional side effects are not expected. However, participants may experience varying levels of stress or emotional discomfort when addressing personal habits and making lifestyle changes.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 3 weeks

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~3 weeks

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 3 weeks for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary outcome measures

Mean of the 3 overnight Aggregate Scores of the psychomotor vigilance test

Mean of the 3 overnight Noordsy-Dahle Subjective Experience Scale (NDSE)

Mean of the 3 overnight Stanford Sleepiness Scale

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Secondary outcome measures

Mean of heartrate variability

Mean of total sleep hours

Other outcome measures

Percentage change from baseline in NIH PROMIS Short Form Sleep-Related Impairment

Percentage change from baseline in Task Load Index

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Lifestyle Coaching and Educational HandoutExperimental Treatment2 Interventions

Lifestyle coach-led 30-minute focused, personalized session in addition to educational handout containing lifestyle tips for fatigue mitigation in night shift workers, which will be given to all participants at the beginning of the study.

Group II: Educational Handout ControlActive Control1 Intervention

An educational handout containing lifestyle tips for fatigue mitigation in night shift workers will be given to all participants at the beginning of the study. Personalized coaching will not be offered to participants in this arm.

Treatment

First Studied

Drug Approval Stage

How many patients have taken this drug

Handout

2016

Completed Phase 1

~200

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Stanford UniversityLead Sponsor

2,395 Previous Clinical Trials

17,341,320 Total Patients Enrolled

Maryam S Makowski, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorStanford University

Al'ai Alvarez, MDPrincipal InvestigatorStanford University

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

How many people may register for the trial at its peak?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov states that this trial is actively enrolling participants and was first posted on August 31st 2023 with the last update being made on August 22nd, 20203. The study requires 30 patients to be recruited at a single site."

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Are there any opportunities for people to join this trial?

"According to the records published on clinicaltrials.gov, this medical study is actively recruiting candidates as of August 22nd 2023. The trial was first uploaded nearly a month ago, on August 31st 2023."

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Recent research and studies

clinicaltrials.govStudy

Lifestyle Coaching for Fatigue Mitigation in Emergency Medicine Residents

Maryam S Makowski, PhD 2024. "Lifestyle Coaching for Fatigue Mitigation in Emergency Medicine Residents". ClinicalTrials.gov. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT06015646.