Coca-Cola Zero (®) Consumption on Night-call Inpatient Course and Mortality

Duke University

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Mortality

Treatments: Other: Coke; Other: Coke Zero

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06155981

DukeNushssrkyh-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of coke zero consumption by night-call staffs on inpatient admission and mortality, and total sleep duration during the night-call duty. Coke Zero is a soft drink that is widely popular within the medical community, carrying the meaning of "zero", which to some, signifies the minimal level of morbidity and mortality that will occupy the on-call the night staffs.

Full description

Previous studies have demonstrated that superstitions among the medical community have been prevalent and staffs regularly engaged in conforming to the superstitions because of their associations with workload, inpatient admissions and mortality. As such, the current study aims to evaluate whether the consumption of Coke Zero has an effects on patient admissions and mortality and the eventfulness of the night-call duties.

Enrollment: 160 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Doctors on the night-call roster at Singapore General Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

• Other allied health professionals or medical students

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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160 participants in 2 patient groups

Coke Zero Arm

Experimental group

Description:

The participant will be given a Coke Zero before each night-call duty for consumption.

Treatment:

Other: Coke Zero

Coke Arm

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participant will be given a Coke before each night-call duty for consumption.

Treatment:

Other: Coke