Healthy Volunteers (HV)
Conditions
Keywords
Sleep educational program, Alternating 12-hour, day and night shift
Brief summary
In a context of seeking a better balance between personal and professional life and labor shortages, the use of 12-hour alternating day-night shifts has become more common in work organizations, particularly in healthcare facilities. This work pattern combines exposure to alternating day and night shifts with long working hours, raising questions about its effects on health, particularly sleep quality and cardiovascular risk. Staff working alternating day/night or night shifts are at risk of cardiovascular disease, particularly in connection with sleep deprivation and the adoption of individual behaviors that increase the risk (smoking, poor diet, alcohol consumption, smoking and low physical activity). However sleep education is not integrated in a personalized way into the prevention advice provided by occupational health services. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the effects of a 6-month sleep education program conducted by occupational health nursing staff, on the sleep duration of healthcare workers newly exposed to alternating 12-hour day and night shifts.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSleep educational
Participants will undergo : * standardized monitoring initially (M0), then at 6 months (M6) and 12 months (M12) * a personalized educational program, including an initial consultation with a sleep doctor and a nurse, followed by monthly follow-ups with an occupational health nurse.
Sponsors
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Being a paramedical caregiverr (nurse or care assistant) * Working 12-hour shifts (day/night) * Working at least 80% of a full-time equivalent post * Staff employed at a hospital listed among the investigating centers * Being affiliated or entitled under a social security scheme * Having received informed information about the study and have co- signed, with the investigator, a consent to participate in the study
Exclusion criteria
* Nursing staff and nursing assistants who have been exposed for more than six months to alternating 12-hour shifts or atypical working hours (two eight-hour shifts, three eight-hour shifts or night shifts) during their professional career * Nursing staff and nursing assistants with a history of mental illness or who are taking medication that affects alertness (psychotropic drugs) * Pregnant or breastfeeding women * Nursing staff or nursing assistants with sleep apnea syndrome, central hypersomnolence disorders, severe parasomnias, severe untreated restless legs syndrome * Individuals with children under the age of 1 in the household * Trans meridian travel (\>2 time zones) during the month prior to the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Effect of a 6-month sleep education program | 6 months | Evaluate the effect of a 6-month sleep education program conducted by occupational health nursing staff on the sleep duration of nursing assistants newly exposed to alternating 12-hour day and night shifts.Absolute difference in average sleep duration (in minutes) measured over 14 days from an actigraph worn at the wrist, between Baseline (M0) and at 6 months (M6). |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assess the impact of the sleep education program on sleep quality | 6 months | The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) comprises 24 items, with scores ranging from 0 to 21, where a score \> 5 indicates poor sleep quality) |
| Assess the impact of the sleep education program on participant state of health | 6 months | Measure of cardiac frequency |
| Assess the impact of the sleep education program on quality of life | 6 months | The Short Form 36 (SF-36) will be used to assess quality of life. This 36-item questionnaire includes 8 sub-scores ranging from 0 (minimum quality of life) to 100 (maximum well-being). |
| Assess the impact of the sleep education program on accidentology | 6 months | Number of commuting accidents, workplace accidents, road accidents, near misses related to drowsiness |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed