Napping Rooms + Light Blocking Glasses for Burnout

Age: 18+

Sex: Any

Travel: May Be Covered

Time Reimbursement: Varies

Trial Phase: Academic

Waitlist Available

Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh

No Placebo Group

Trial Summary

What is the purpose of this trial?

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.

Eligibility Criteria

This trial is for night shift nurses who are experiencing burnout or want to maintain their health. Participants should be currently working night shifts and willing to try using a napping/relaxation room and blue/green light blocking glasses as part of the study.

Inclusion Criteria

Working full-time night or rotating shifts

Being a registered nurse at UPMC Shadyside (Pittsburgh, PA)

Willing to wear a Fitbit around-the-clock during the study

Exclusion Criteria

Currently being treated for a serious mental illness

Needing to use eye glasses to complete work related activities (note: contact lenses are acceptable)

I have been diagnosed with a sleep disorder.

Treatment Details

Interventions

• Access to napping/relaxation room (Behavioral Intervention)
• Blue and green light blocking glasses (Device)

Trial Overview The trial is testing if having access to a napping/relaxation room and wearing blue/green light blocking glasses can improve the health of night shift nurses, reduce missed care, and prevent burnout. It's a pilot study to see if these methods are practical.

Participant Groups

Group I: Single group, crossover - order of the interventions to be randomly selected Experimental Treatment 2 Interventions

All participants will receive the same interventions which includes access to the napping/relaxation room only intervention, blue and green light blocking glasses only intervention, and the combined intervention. There will be a two-week washout between the interventions. The order of the interventions will be randomized to one of the following options: * Napping/relaxation room, blue and green light blocking glasses, combined * Blue and green light blocking glasses, napping/relaxation room, combined * Napping/relaxation room, combined, blue and green light blocking glasses * Blue and green light blocking glasses, combined, napping/relaxation room * Combined, napping/relaxation room, blue and green light blocking glasses * Combined, blue and green light blocking glasses, napping/relaxation room

Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

University of Pittsburgh

Lead Sponsor

Trials

1,820

Recruited

16,360,000+

Shadyside Hospital Foundation

Collaborator

Trials

4

Recruited

130+