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Brigham and Women's Hospital |
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Information provided by: | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00246051 |
Police officers work some of the most demanding schedules known, which increases their risk of sleep deprivation and sleep disorders. The need to work frequent overnight shifts and long work weeks leads to acute and chronic partial sleep deprivation as well as misalignment of circadian phase. The public expects officers to perform flawlessly, but sleep deprivation and unrecognized sleep disorders significantly degrade cognition, alertness, reaction time and performance. In addition, both acute and chronic sleep deprivation adversely affect personal health, increasing the risk of gastrointestinal and heart disease, impairing glucose metabolism, and substantially increasing the risk of injury due to motor vehicle crashes.
We propose to conduct a randomized, prospective study of the effect on the safety, health, and performance of a police department of a Comprehensive Police Fatigue Management Program (CPFMP) consisting of the following interventions:
These interventions were chosen because we believe them most likely to lead to measurable improvements on work hours, health, safety, and job performance, and because they are cost effective. The success of the CPFMP will be assessed through an experimental comparison with a standard treatment group that will receive sleep education in the absence of any accompanying interventions. The overall goal of our team will be to develop and test the implementation of policy and scheduling improvements and a sleep health detection and treatment program that can be disseminated to practitioners, policymakers and researchers nationwide to reduce police officer fatigue and stress; enhance the ability of officers and their families to cope with shift schedules; improve the health, safety and performance of law enforcement officers; and thereby improve public safety.
Condition | Intervention |
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Sleep Disorders Sleep Apnea, Obstructive Restless Legs Syndrome Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders |
Behavioral: Sleep Hygiene Education Procedure: Sleep Disorders Screening and Treatment |
Study Type: | Interventional |
Study Design: | Diagnostic, Randomized, Open Label, Placebo Control, Factorial Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study |
Official Title: | Testing the Effectiveness of a Comprehensive Fatigue Management for the Police |
Estimated Enrollment: | 3600 |
Study Start Date: | November 2005 |
Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2006 |
Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
Exclusion Criteria:
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Contact: Conor S O'Brien, BA | 617 732-8385 | cobrien@rics.bwh.harvard.edu |
Contact: Sarah Edwards, BS | 617 732-8524 | sedwards@rics.bwh.harvard.edu |
United States, Massachusetts | |
Brigham and Women's Hospital | |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115 |
Principal Investigator: | Charles A. Czeisler, Ph.D., M.D. | Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Study ID Numbers: | SL00067 |
Study First Received: | September 13, 2005 |
Last Updated: | October 27, 2005 |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00246051 History of Changes |
Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Police Sleep Fatigue |
Work Hours Sleep disorder Performance |
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders Sleep Apnea Syndromes Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm Fatigue Apnea Sleep Apnea, Obstructive Respiration Disorders Disorders of Environmental Origin Sleep Disorders Dyssomnias |
Psychomotor Agitation Chronobiology Disorders Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic Signs and Symptoms Respiratory Tract Diseases Mental Disorders Restless Legs Syndrome Neurologic Manifestations Occupational Diseases |
Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders Sleep Apnea Syndromes Disease Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm Apnea Respiration Disorders Parasomnias Sleep Apnea, Obstructive Nervous System Diseases Disorders of Environmental Origin Sleep Disorders |
Dyssomnias Chronobiology Disorders Sleep Disorders, Intrinsic Signs and Symptoms Pathologic Processes Respiratory Tract Diseases Mental Disorders Syndrome Restless Legs Syndrome Neurologic Manifestations Occupational Diseases |