NCT04053556

Cognitive Performance After a Night Shift in Internal Medicine Residents

Evaluation on the Effect on Cognition and Emotional Exhaustion With a Change of Long Night Shift System Versus Reduced Night Shift in Residents of Internal Medicine

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 100 (actual)
• Sponsor: Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

A quasi-experimental design where internal medicine residents in a high complexity hospital were assessed after a 24-hour shift for cognitive impairment by a trained neurologist.

Detailed description

The investigators conducted a cross sectional study during the 2014-2016 period in a high complexity school hospital in Buenos Aires. Second and third year Internal Medicine residents who consented to participate were included. A neurologist conducted a cognitive evaluation to the residents who had done 24 hours shifts (with sleep deprivation) within 6 hours of its end. Auditory memory deficit was evaluated (PASAT - Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test), verbal fluency (FAS), direct and indirect Digit-Span, Rey auditory verbal learning test (RAVLT) and Continuous Performance Test 2 (CPT2). Results were presented as means of standardized scores (z score) with their interquartile range (IQR).

Conditions

• Sleep Deprivation
• Burnout, Professional
• Cognition Disorders

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-08-08
• Primary completion: 2019-08-08
• Completion: 2019-08-08
• First posted: 2019-08-12
• Last updated: 2019-08-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Argentina