Effect and Utilization of Protected Time Among Interns on Extended Duty-Hour Call Shifts

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Fatigue, Sleep Deprivation, Depression

In brief

This study will test the feasibility and effectiveness of protected time for physicians in training during 30 hour shifts in a medical intensive care unit. The primary outcome will be fatigue. Secondary outcomes include the amount slept while on call, depression, and burnout.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00983008

Run by

Providence Health & Services

People needed

11

Starts

2009-10-01

Expected to finish

2010-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-09-26

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Interns in the Providence St. Vincent Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program who are rotating through the medical intensive care unit.

You may not qualify if…

• Refusal to consent to participate

Where it is running

• Providence St. Vincent Medical Center — Portland, Oregon, United States

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