Recruiting

Observational Study

Sponsor:

University of British Columbia

Code:

NCT01398878

Conditions

Patient Safety

Resident Work Hours

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Intervention work shift

Study Details

Brief summary:

The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of eliminating traditional resident work shifts (i.e. greater than 24 hours in length) on patient safety and resident educational outcomes. In addition, the investigators will explore with key stakeholders (patients and their families, nurses, resident physicians and attending physicians) their experiences when residents are undertaking shifts greater than 24 hours in length as compared to 16 hours or less.

Conditions

Patient Safety

Resident Work Hours

Study ID

NCT01398878

Start date

Jul, 2011

Status verified date

Jul, 2011

Completion date

Jun, 2012

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun, 2012

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Residents completing Intensive Care Unit rotations
  • For focus groups and interviews, patients and families members admitted during the study period and nurses and attending physicians working during the study period

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Study Design

Enrollment

80 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

no intervention: Traditional work schedule

Residents in the intensive care unit perform overnight shifts in excess of 24 hrs every fourth night

active comparator: Intervention work schedule

Residents in the Intensive Care Unit perform shifts less than 16 hours in length and have at least 8 hours off between shifts

Interventions

Intervention work shift

Shiftwork schedule with elimination of shifts greater than 16 hours in length and at least 8 hours off between shifts for all residents in the Intensive Care Unit

Primary outcome measure

  • Preventable adverse events [ Time Frame: Occurring during course of ICU admission and within first 72 hours of ICU discharge if event is attributable to process of care in the ICU ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Najib Ayas, MD MPH

604-806-9429NAyas@providencehealth.bc.ca

Locations

St Paul's Hospital

Recruiting

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6Z1Y6

Contacts

Najib Ayas, MD MPH

604-806-9420Nayas@providencehealth.bc.ca

Principal Investigator:

Najib Ayas, MD MPH

More Information

Sponsor

University of British Columbia

Last update posted

Jul 25, 2011

Last verified

Jul, 2011

Keywords

  • Medical education, graduate
  • Patient care
  • Outcome assessment (Health care)
  • Work schedule tolerance

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of British Columbia on 2011-07-25.