Stress Response in Emergency Among Physicians in Helicopter and Ambulance Based Emergency Medical Systems

Hormonal and Physiological Stress Response of Medical Doctors Working in Rescue Helicopter or Van

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03422952

Enrollment

Registered

2018-02-06

Start date

2017-04-30

Completion date

2018-11-01

Last updated

2018-11-09

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Conditions

Hormone Disturbance, Stress Reaction, Stress Related Disorder

Brief summary

Stress reactions in emergency physicians will be measures using cortol-awakening-reaction, heart-rate-variability and standardised stress questionnaires

Detailed description

In a field study with within-subject design, there will be conducted the hormonal and physiological stress strain of emergency physicians working in rescue helicopters or van on different days of service on different headquarters. The investigation of the parameter of stress will be conducted on two days of rescue service, on two days of clinical service and as a control on two days off. The quantification of the hormonal stress strain will be carried out with the cortisol awakening response, there will be conducted 3 saliva samples with identical interval after getting up within 30 minutes. While the labour time on the rescue service and on the clinical service and the whole day off, the heart rate variability will show the degree of physiological stress. This will be measured with a pulse-belt on the chest, which the participant will carry the whole day. In addition, participants will fill out a set of questionnaire on the first day of measurement.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Medical Doctor working in rescue helicopter or van

Exclusion criteria

* Metabolic disease * Autoimmune disease * Heart disease * Blood disease * Mental disease * Endocrinologic disease * BMI\>30 * \>10 cigarettes/day * Taking cortisone medication

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Cortisol-awakening-response (CAR)	30 min each day, six days	Differences on the CAR on rescue services, clinical services and on days off.
Heart rate variability	six days	Continuous measurement
Stress questionnaire	first day	Subjective perceived strain with questionnaires with validated scores of stress

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
Possible factors that may affect the measured parameter	six days	Monitoring the health status and workload: BMI kg/m2 Heartrate bpm Bloodpressure mmHg Body-Temperature °C Time working h

Countries

Switzerland

Outcome results