Sleep Enhancement Training Study for Experienced Shiftworkers (SETS-exp)

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 1

Conditions: Shift-Work Sleep Disorder

Treatments: Behavioral: Sleep Enhancement Training System; Behavioral: NIOSH shiftwork booklet

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00786357

SETS-exp

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if a modified version of the Sleep Enhancement Fatigue Reduction Training (SEFRT) system can improve sleep and health-related symptoms and quality of life in experienced shift-working nurses.

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English-speaking nurses
• scheduled to work at least 2 consecutive night shifts per week during the next 3 months
• ≥40 years of age
• experiencing disturbed sleep related to night-shift

Exclusion criteria

• current diagnosis of sleep disorder or affective illness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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32 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep Enhancement Training System

Behavioral: NIOSH shiftwork booklet