Glucose Levels as a Biomarker for Stress in Firefighters

Enrolling by invitation

Conditions studied: Stress, Sympathetic Nervous System, Hypothalamic Pituitary Adrenal

In brief

Stress is known to cause physical structures in the brain to dysregulate, resulting in health problems like cancer, cardiac disease, metabolic disorders (obesity), and depression. Firefighters experience many of these diseases at higher rates than other occupations while also experiencing highly unique stress loads. When the body's nervous system responds to stress, blood glucose levels increase. This study will equip firefighters with continuous glucometers to observe glucose levels during emergency response and other stressful events. The immediate goal of this study is to determine whether the physiological stress response of on-shift firefighters can be quantified with glucose monitoring. The long-term goal is to identify occupational firefighter stress as a health risk exposure.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06899373

Run by

University of Utah

People needed

17

Starts

2024-12-17

Expected to finish

2025-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2025-03-28

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Full time Unified Fire Authority (UFA) employee working for a fire crew that has been designated by the UFA board as approved for study participation

You may not qualify if…

• Use of insulin
• Diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus
• Practicing a ketoacidosis or intermittent fasting diet
• Intermittent use of glucocorticoids, antibiotics or benzodiazepines

Where it is running

• Unified Fire Authority — Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

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