NCT01367379

The Effect of the Duty Loading on the Stress Response of Physician

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 15 (estimated)
• Sponsor: National Taiwan University Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 30 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The investigators will study in the possibility of cardiovascular disease, caused by the duty loading, of physician of internal medicine. The investigators will also explore if there {dose response effect} between the duty loading and the stress response of physicians of internal medicine. Therefore, the investigators will compare the stress responses of physicians of internal medicine during with different duty loading ( non-duty day, one duty area with 3 wards, 2 duty areas with 6 wards) in a observational method. Those stress response will be measured by cardiovascular risk indicators, including blood pressure, heart rate variability, blood sampling and urine sampling.

Conditions

• Physiological Stress
• Psychological Stress

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	24 hour EKG and blood pressure monitor	All subjects will have non-invasive 24 hour EKG and 24 hour EKG monitoring for 24 hours.
OTHER	Blood and urine sampling	Right before and after the duty loading, all subjects will have blood samplings, including CRP, WBC, IL-6, Fibrinogen, insulin, IL-6, Procalcitonin, TNF-alfa, catecholamine level. Right after the duty loading, all subjects will have urine samplings for cortisol and catecholamine level.(blood : 15CC/time and 2\~4 times/month)

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-06-01
• Primary completion: 2012-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2011-06-07
• Last updated: 2012-01-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan