NCT06155981

Coca-Cola Zero (®) Consumption on Night-call Inpatient Course and Mortality

Coke Zero for the Zero: A Study Examining the Effect of Coke Zero Consumption on Night Call Inpatient Course and Mortality

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of coke zero consumption by night-call staffs on inpatient admission and mortality, and total sleep duration during the night-call duty. Coke Zero is a soft drink that is widely popular within the medical community, carrying the meaning of "zero", which to some, signifies the minimal level of morbidity and mortality that will occupy the on-call the night staffs.

Detailed description

Previous studies have demonstrated that superstitions among the medical community have been prevalent and staffs regularly engaged in conforming to the superstitions because of their associations with workload, inpatient admissions and mortality. As such, the current study aims to evaluate whether the consumption of Coke Zero has an effects on patient admissions and mortality and the eventfulness of the night-call duties.

Conditions

• Mortality

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Coke Zero	Coca-Cola Zero Sugar drink will be given.
OTHER	Coke	Coca-Cola drink will be given.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-01-10
• Primary completion: 2024-02-02
• Completion: 2024-12-31
• First posted: 2023-12-05
• Last updated: 2024-02-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Singapore