Sleep Enhancement Training Study for Novice Shiftworkers (SETS-novice)

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

NCT00786266

SETS-novice

R43NR010688 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

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 shiftwork-naive new nurse graduates.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• English-speaking nurses scheduled to work at least 2 consecutive night shifts per week in the next 2 months

Exclusion criteria

• > 6 months experience working night-shift
• current diagnosis of sleep disorder or affective illness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

NIOSH shiftwork booklet

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: NIOSH shiftwork booklet

Sleep Enhancement Training System

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Sleep Enhancement Training System