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NCT04020991

Sleepiness and Tiredness Among Doctors Working in A Tertiary Hospital

Completed Last updated 16 July 2019
What this trial tests

trial testing Sleep Study in Obstructive Sleep Apnea in 203 participants. Completed in 11 July 2019.

Timeline
1 October 2018
Primary endpoint
30 June 2019
11 July 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsorUniversity of Malaya
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment203
Start date1 October 2018
Primary completion30 June 2019
Estimated completion11 July 2019
Sites1 location across Malaysia

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

University of Malaya

Who can join

20 and older, any sex, with Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Sleep disorders are important health issues that can reduced ones quality of life by affecting their performance and productivity in a negative way. People who work in shifts or doing 24 hours call usually have irregular sleep patterns and often complaint of fatigue and daytime sleepiness. This will jeopardized our attention, concentration ability and memory which may lead to serious job accidents. This study is to screen for obstructive sleep apnea among doctors working in a tertiary hospital and to determine the predictors of OSAS and tiredness among doctors who frequently work night shifts or 24 hour call. What would this involve? Participant will be required fill up demographic data and answer the STOP-Bang and Epworth sleepiness scale questionnaires. After that participant will need to wear a wrist watch pulse oximeter just before going to sleep at night until the next morning (minimum of 6 hours of sleep required). The wrist watch will then be returned to researcher the following day for data analysis purpose. The benefits We hope to screen and identify those who are at risk of having obstructive sleep apnea and start early treatment among doctor who often have irregular sleep patterns and insufficient sleep due to the nature and timing of their work.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.

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