S&B Heat Stress Pilot Protocols

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thermal Discomfort

Treatments: Device: Group B; Device: Group A

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT06094764

HSC-SPH-22-0651

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to develop a heat stress program for the construction industry and evaluate its feasibility and appeal.

Enrollment: 14 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• employed at S&B
• work more than 20 hours a week

Exclusion criteria

• severe chronic disease (e.g. severe pulmonary or cardiovascular disease
• history of severe heat stroke
• use of a pacemaker
• any medical issue which would render the participant unable to wear a chest monitor and cooling vest.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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14 participants in 2 patient groups

Personal monitoring device and a cooling vest , Then personal monitoring device only

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Group A

Personal monitoring device only, Then personal monitoring device and a cooling vest

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: Group B