NCT02522195

Meal Distribution Across the Day in Female Nurses Working Shifts

Meal Distribution Across the Day in Female Nurses Working Shifts and Their Relationship With Nutritional Status

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 221 (actual)
• Sponsor: Federal University of Uberlandia · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 19 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study assessed the meal distribution across the day (energy and macronutrient intake) and its relationship to the nutritional status of nursing professionals.

Detailed description

221 female nursing professionals from Brazilian University hospital were classified in three shifts: day shift (n=112), night shift (n=55), and day-night shift (n=54). Food intake assessment (3-day 24-hour recall); Anthropometric variables (weight, height, waist circumference and hip circumference); Sleep time on working days and day off.

Conditions

• Shift Work Type Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder
• Imbalance of Constituents of Food Intake

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-11-01
• Primary completion: 2012-11-01
• Completion: 2013-01-01
• First posted: 2015-08-13
• Last updated: 2015-08-13