Stress Response in Emergency Among Physicians in Helicopter and Ambulance Based Emergency Medical Systems

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Status

Completed

Conditions

Stress Related Disorder

Stress Reaction

Hormone Disturbance

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03422952

2017-00561

Details and patient eligibility

About

Stress reactions in emergency physicians will be measures using cortol-awakening-reaction, heart-rate-variability and standardised stress questionnaires

Full description

In a field study with within-subject design, there will be conducted the hormonal and physiological stress strain of emergency physicians working in rescue helicopters or van on different days of service on different headquarters. The investigation of the parameter of stress will be conducted on two days of rescue service, on two days of clinical service and as a control on two days off. The quantification of the hormonal stress strain will be carried out with the cortisol awakening response, there will be conducted 3 saliva samples with identical interval after getting up within 30 minutes. While the labour time on the rescue service and on the clinical service and the whole day off, the heart rate variability will show the degree of physiological stress. This will be measured with a pulse-belt on the chest, which the participant will carry the whole day. In addition, participants will fill out a set of questionnaire on the first day of measurement.

Enrollment

25 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 65 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria