Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Withdrawn
Administrative data
| NCT number |
NCT04528862 |
| Other study ID # |
HM20019844 |
| Secondary ID |
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| Status |
Withdrawn |
| Phase |
N/A
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| First received |
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| Last updated |
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| Start date |
April 2021 |
| Est. completion date |
May 2021 |
Study information
| Verified date |
April 2021 |
| Source |
Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Contact |
n/a |
| Is FDA regulated |
No |
| Health authority |
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| Study type |
Interventional
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Clinical Trial Summary
The purpose of this research study is to find out about how looking at different types of
pictures can affect people's attention spans. Attention Restoration Theory (ART) suggests
that there are two types of attention. One type (directed attention) can become tired and
cause people to make mistakes. The other type (involuntary attention) gives directed
attention a chance to rest, so people make less mistakes. Certain types of pictures are good
at capturing involuntary attention. We think that capturing involuntary attention will help
emergency physicians make less mistakes on tests of attention. This study will allow us to
learn more about it.
Description:
In this study, participants will be asked to do the following things:
1. Before their usual shift in the emergency department, arrive ten minutes early to rate
their mood and complete a Digit Span Backwards (DSB) task that tests their memory of
different sets of numbers.
2. Five hours into their shift, they will take a ten minute break.
3. During this break, they will be randomly assigned to view either a picture presentation
of nature slides or urban slides.
4. After the presentation, they will complete the Digit Span Backwards task again, they
will rate their mood again, then return to their shift.
Participation in this study will last up to 30 minutes. Approximately fifty individuals will
participate in this study.
