Back to resultsEarly Exposure of Medical Students to Night Shifts: Impact on Well-being and Anxiety
Primary Purpose
Medical Students Well-being and Anxiety
Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Lebanon
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Night shift shadowing program
Sponsored by
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Medical Students Well-being and Anxiety
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Students of the class of 2021 at the Faculty of Medicine of Saint Joseph University in their fifth year (Med 2).
Exclusion Criteria:
- student who has already been on call during internships in Lebanon or abroad, as well as students in other medical years.
Sites / Locations
- Saint Joseph University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm Type
Experimental
No Intervention
Arm Label
Night shift shadowing program
No night shift shadowing program
Arm Description
Medical students who participated in a night shift shadowing program prior to their first official night shifts
Medical students who did not participate in the night shift shadowing program prior to their first official night shifts
Outcomes
Primary Outcome Measures
Questionnaire
After the shadowing program is completed, both groups of medical students (those who participated in the shadowing program and those who did not), have to fill a questionnaire that assesses their wellbeing and level of anxiety regarding their first official night shifts. Our primary outcome is to evaluate the impact of the shadowing program on medical students well-being and their level of anxiety.
Secondary Outcome Measures
Full Information
NCT ID
NCT04822454
First Posted
March 25, 2021
Last Updated
March 26, 2021
Sponsor
St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
1. Study Identification
Unique Protocol Identification Number
NCT04822454
Brief Title
Early Exposure of Medical Students to Night Shifts: Impact on Well-being and Anxiety
Official Title
Early Exposure of Medical Students to Night Shifts: Impact on Well-being and Anxiety
Study Type
Interventional
2. Study Status
Record Verification Date
March 2021
Overall Recruitment Status
Completed
Study Start Date
January 1, 2019 (Actual)
Primary Completion Date
June 1, 2019 (Actual)
Study Completion Date
June 1, 2019 (Actual)
3. Sponsor/Collaborators
Responsible Party, by Official Title
Principal Investigator
Name of the Sponsor
St Joseph University, Beirut, Lebanon
4. Oversight
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
No
5. Study Description
Brief Summary
This is an interventional study assessing the impact of 'shadowing night shifts' early during medical school, on the wellbeing and level of anxiety of a students during their first official night shifts.
6. Conditions and Keywords
Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
Medical Students Well-being and Anxiety
7. Study Design
Primary Purpose
Other
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Interventional Study Model
Parallel Assignment
Masking
None (Open Label)
Allocation
Randomized
Enrollment
70 (Actual)
8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions
Arm Title
Night shift shadowing program
Arm Type
Experimental
Arm Description
Medical students who participated in a night shift shadowing program prior to their first official night shifts
Arm Title
No night shift shadowing program
Arm Type
No Intervention
Arm Description
Medical students who did not participate in the night shift shadowing program prior to their first official night shifts
Intervention Type
Other
Intervention Name(s)
Night shift shadowing program
Intervention Description
Our population, made up of 70 students, was divided into two randomly randomized groups: 31 (44.3%) had five night shift shadowing duty prior to their first official night shifts, and 39 (55.7%) did not participate in the shadowing program.
Primary Outcome Measure Information:
Title
Questionnaire
Description
After the shadowing program is completed, both groups of medical students (those who participated in the shadowing program and those who did not), have to fill a questionnaire that assesses their wellbeing and level of anxiety regarding their first official night shifts. Our primary outcome is to evaluate the impact of the shadowing program on medical students well-being and their level of anxiety.
Time Frame
6 months
10. Eligibility
Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Students of the class of 2021 at the Faculty of Medicine of Saint Joseph University in their fifth year (Med 2).
Exclusion Criteria:
student who has already been on call during internships in Lebanon or abroad, as well as students in other medical years.
Facility Information:
Facility Name
Saint Joseph University
City
Beyrouth
State/Province
N/A (n/a)
ZIP/Postal Code
1003
Country
Lebanon
12. IPD Sharing Statement
Plan to Share IPD
Undecided
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