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The Sleep Track Text Pilot Trial in Emergency Care Clinicians
In Brief
A Early Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating Text-message assessments only and Text-message interventions for high level fatigue for Fatigue. Completed, enrolled 100 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Aim 1: To determine if real-time assessments of perceived sleepiness and fatigue using text-messaging impacts an emergency medicine clinician's Attitudes, Perceived Norms, Self-Efficacy, Alertness Habits, Perceived Importance of Fatigue, Knowledge of Sleepiness/Fatigue, and Perceptions of Environmental Constraints regarding behaviors that can improve alertness during shift work. Aim 2: To determine if text-messaging emergency care workers fatigue-reduction strategies in real-time at the start and during shift work reduces worker perceived sleepiness and fatigue at the end of shift work.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Text message assessments only. No intervention for high level fatigue.
Intervention messages to promote alertness while on duty at work including activities. Additionally at the end of the shift, participants were queried on their adoption of the suggested activities and perception of the activities' effectiveness.