Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT02354755
The Effect of Temperature on Anesthesia and Surgical Resident's Ability to Perform Clinical and Cognitive Tasks
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 24 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Vidya Raman · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- —
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
The purpose of the current study is to examine whether changes in intraoperative ambient temperature has in impact on the clinical performance of the physicians in training which include Anesthesiology and Surgical residents, fellows and certified nurse anesthetists (CRNA). Reaction times will be measured via a 10-minute psychomotor vigilance test (PVT, Ambulatory Monitoring Inc., NY) device.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DEVICE | Psychomotor vigilance test (PVT | The Psychomotor Vigilance Task Monitor is a hand-held, self-contained system used for repetitive reaction time measurements. The device measures the speed with which subject responds to visual stimulus (by pressing a response button). |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2015-02-01
- Primary completion
- 2017-01-01
- Completion
- 2017-01-01
- First posted
- 2015-02-03
- Last updated
- 2017-01-31
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02354755. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.