NCT06829979

Improving Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reducing Burnout

A Pilot, Feasibility Study to Improve Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reduce Burnout

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 5 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 99 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Healthy and happy nurses are essential to ensuring optimal patient outcomes and organizational success. The evidence on the negative impacts of night shift on nurses' health and cognitive function, and their implications on patient outcomes and organizational costs, reflect the need for interventions to mitigate these detrimental outcomes. This pilot, feasibility, clinical trial will examine the feasibility of two fatigue countermeasure interventions (access to napping/relaxation room and use of blue/green light blocking glass during night shift) and explore the interventions effects on nurses' health, missed care, and burnout.

Detailed description

Aim 1 (Primary): Examine the feasibility of a larger study and hospital-wide implementation of two fatigue countermeasure interventions (access to napping/relaxation rooms and use of blue/green light blocking glass during night shift). Aim 2 (Exploratory): Explore the effects of the interventions on melatonin levels, overall health, sleep, fatigue, cognitive function, missed care, nurse burnout, and salivary melatonin levels.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Access to napping/relaxation room	During the night shift, study participants will have access to the hospital unit's napping/relaxation room with a sound machine, diffusers for aromatherapy, a massage chair that can be used for napping, and snacks.
OTHER	Blue and green light blocking glasses	During the night shift, participants will be asked wear study-provided blue and green light blocking glasses.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-05-23
• Primary completion: 2025-10-29
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2025-02-17
• Last updated: 2026-01-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States