Assessments in Stress and Quality of Sleep/Life in Night-shift Nurses and Doctors

Taichung Veterans General Hospital

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 4

Conditions: Shift-Work Sleep Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: massage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02541747

CG14114

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the effects of aroma massage to sleep quality of the nurses and staff during night shift.

Full description

Night shift increases physical and psychological pressure, and even affects their sleep quality. This study aims to evaluate the effects of aroma massage to sleep quality of the nurses during night shift after life-style modification and/or aroma massage. The investigators adopt a Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) in this study. The investigators expect aroma massage would improve the sleep quality during night shift.

Enrollment: 77 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Shift-Work Nurses and Staff

Exclusion criteria

• Diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease and psychological disorders

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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77 participants in 2 patient groups

massage

Active Comparator group

Description:

massage for 30 min, once a week for 4 weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: massage

control

No Intervention group

Description:

Rest as control