Status:
COMPLETED
Night Shift Work, On-shift Napping, and Endothelial Function: A Pilot Study
Lead Sponsor:
University of Pittsburgh
Conditions:
Blood Pressure
Endothelial Dysfunction
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-100 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD risk factors such as high blood pressure (BP) are disproportionately higher among night shift workers, including those who work in public safety and healthcare. Th...
Detailed Description
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and CVD risk factors such as high blood pressure (BP) are disproportionately higher among night shift workers, including those who work in public safety and healthcare. Ri...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- All participants will be working aged adults (18 years of age or older). Investigators are interested in enrolling public safety workers and healthcare workers given how often this group works night shifts.
- Criteria that participants will need to address:
- 18 years of age or older;
- Currently licensed or certified as an EMS clinician, other public safety shift worker, or other type of healthcare clinicians and actively working in Western Pennsylvania as an EMT, Paramedic, Flight Nurse/Paramedic, other EMS clinician, firefighter, or other type of healthcare clinician (e.g., nurse, physician, physician assistants, patient care technician, or other healthcare clinician);
- a 'no' answer to #2 above is not a criterion for exclusion.
Exclusion
- Having ever been diagnosed with the following: hypertension, cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, stroke/TIA, chronic kidney disease, liver disease, adrenal disease, thyroid disease, rheumatologic disease, hematologic disease, cancer of any type, dementia/memory loss, organ transplantation; major sleep problem; heavy alcohol use; sleep apnea or other diagnosis that is related to problems with breathing or the airway;
- Current pregnancy;
- Insomnia is NOT a criterion for exclusion.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
June 28 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 4 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
10 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05436951
Start Date
June 28 2022
End Date
March 4 2023
Last Update
January 8 2024
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University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15261