Effects of a Sleep Education Program on the Health Status of Healthcare Workers Working 12-hour Alternating Day-night Shifts

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-65
SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

About this trial

In a context of seeking a better balance between personal and professional life and labor shortages, the use of 12-hour alternating day-night shifts has become more common in work organizations, particularly in healthcare facilities. This work pattern combines exposure to alternating day and night shifts with long working hours, raising questions about its effects on health, particularly sleep quality and cardiovascular risk. Staff working alternating day/night or night shifts are at risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly in connection with sleep deprivation and the adoption of individual behaviors that increase the risk (smoking, poor diet, alcohol consumption, smoking and low physical activity). However sleep education is not integrated in a personalized way into the prevention advice provided by occupational health services.

Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effects of a 6-month sleep education program conducted by occupational health nursing staff, on the sleep duration of healthcare workers newly exposed to alternating 12-hour day and night shifts.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Being a paramedical caregiverr (nurse or care assistant)

Working 12-hour shifts (day/night)

Working at least 80% of a full-time equivalent post

Staff employed at a hospital listed among the investigating centers

Disqualifiers

Nursing staff and nursing assistants who have been exposed for more than six months to alternating 12-hour shifts or atypical working hours (two eight-hour shifts, three eight-hour shifts or night shifts) during their professional career

Nursing staff and nursing assistants with a history of mental illness or who are taking medication that affects alertness (psychotropic drugs)

Pregnant or breastfeeding women

Nursing staff or nursing assistants with sleep apnea syndrome, central hypersomnolence disorders, severe parasomnias, severe untreated restless legs syndrome

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Sleep educational

    Behavioral

    Participants will undergo : * standardized monitoring initially (M0), then at 6 months (M6) and 12 months (M12) * a personalized educational program, including an initial consultation with a sleep doctor and a nurse, followed by monthly follow-ups with an occupational health nurse.

Treatment groups

160 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Sleep educationalExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: ControlNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Effect of a 6-month sleep education program

Evaluate the effect of a 6-month sleep education program conducted by occupational health nursing staff on the sleep duration of nursing assistants newly exposed to alternating 12-hour day and night shifts.Absolute difference in average sleep duration (in minutes) measured over 14 days from an actigraph worn at the wrist, between Baseline (M0) and at 6 months (M6).

Time frame
6 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Assess the impact of the sleep education program on sleep quality

The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) comprises 24 items, with scores ranging from 0 to 21, where a score \> 5 indicates poor sleep quality)

Time frame
6 months
2

Assess the impact of the sleep education program on participant state of health

Measure of cardiac frequency

Time frame
6 months
3

Assess the impact of the sleep education program on quality of life

The Short Form 36 (SF-36) will be used to assess quality of life. This 36-item questionnaire includes 8 sub-scores ranging from 0 (minimum quality of life) to 100 (maximum well-being).

Time frame
6 months
4

Assess the impact of the sleep education program on accidentology

Number of commuting accidents, workplace accidents, road accidents, near misses related to drowsiness

Time frame
6 months

Other outcomes

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