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

Stress Reaction Clinical Trial

Official title:

Hormonal and Physiological Stress Response of Medical Doctors Working in Rescue Helicopter or Van

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03422952
• Other study ID #: 2017-00561
• Status: Completed
• Start date: April 30, 2017
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: November 2018
• Source: University Hospital Inselspital, Berne
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 25
• Est. completion date: November 1, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: November 1, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical Doctor working in rescue helicopter or van

Exclusion Criteria:

• Metabolic disease

• Autoimmune disease

• Heart disease

• Blood disease

• Mental disease

• Endocrinologic disease

• BMI>30

• >10 cigarettes/day

• Taking cortisone medication

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Endocrine System Diseases
• Fractures, Stress
• Hormone Disturbance
• Psychophysiologic Disorders
• Stress Reaction
• Stress Related Disorder

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Bern University Hospital and University of Bern	Bern

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University Hospital Inselspital, Berne

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Possible factors that may affect the measured parameter	Monitoring the health status and workload: BMI kg/m2 Heartrate bpm Bloodpressure mmHg Body-Temperature °C Time working h	six days
Primary	Cortisol-awakening-response (CAR)	Differences on the CAR on rescue services, clinical services and on days off.	30 min each day, six days
Primary	Heart rate variability	Continuous measurement	six days
Primary	Stress questionnaire	Subjective perceived strain with questionnaires with validated scores of stress	first day