Status:

UNKNOWN

Health Promoting Work Schedules: The Effect of Abolishing Quick Returns

Lead Sponsor:

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Bergen

Conditions:

Sick Leave

Insomnia

Eligibility:

All Genders

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Introduction In shift work, quick returns refer to transitions between two shifts with less than 11 hours available rest time. Twenty-three per cent of employees in European countries reported having ...

Detailed Description

Aims This is a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial that assesses the consequences of a shift work schedule without quick returns for six months, compared to a schedule that include quick retur...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • The unit-level inclusion criteria are that the units should have: 1) healthcare workers (other than physicians) who work rotating shifts, 2) employees who regularly have quick returns in their work schedule, and 3) a new shift rotation year commencing from February/March 2021 (which is the case for most units at Haukeland University Hospital).
  • Employees must be healthcare workers at the above-mentioned hospital units.
  • Employees must have \>50% position.

Exclusion

  • Exclusion criteria at the unit-level are 1) units have recently (or will in the near future) went through other major organizational changes that may confound the results (this includes during the period from one year before the intervention starts until the intervention period is over) of the trial, or 2) unit's manager or a substantial number of employees strongly oppose participation in the trial.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

May 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

2700 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04693182

Start Date

January 1 2021

End Date

May 31 2022

Last Update

February 16 2022

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Haukeland University Hospital

Bergen, Vestland, Norway, 5015