Improving Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reducing Burnout

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Conditions studied: Healthy

In brief

Healthy and happy nurses are essential to ensuring optimal patient outcomes and organizational success. The evidence on the negative impacts of night shift on nurses' health and cognitive function, and their implications on patient outcomes and organizational costs, reflect the need for interventions to mitigate these detrimental outcomes. This pilot, feasibility, clinical trial will examine the feasibility of two fatigue countermeasure interventions (access to napping/relaxation room and use of blue/green light blocking glass during night shift) and explore the interventions effects on nurses' health, missed care, and burnout.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06829979

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

5

Starts

2025-05-23

Expected to finish

2025-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-21

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Being a registered nurse at UPMC Shadyside (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Working full-time night or rotating shifts
• Willing to wear a Fitbit around-the-clock during the study
• Willing to use nap/relaxation room and glasses only when assigned to that condition
• Willing to provide saliva samples

You may not qualify if…

• Having a diagnosed sleep disorder (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, or shift work disorder)
• Currently being treated for a serious mental illness
• Needing to use eye glasses to complete work related activities (note: contact lenses are acceptable)
• Use of prescription or over-the-counter sleep aides including melatonin

Where it is running

• UPMC Shadyside — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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