HealthyNCT06829979
Improving Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reducing Burnout
A study testing Access to napping/relaxation room and Blue and green light blocking glasses in people with Healthy, run by University of Pittsburgh at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
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… Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 99 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Healthy
- What is being tested?
- Access to napping/relaxation room and Blue and green light blocking glasses
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 5 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 23 May 2025to 31 Dec 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 99 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- 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
Who cannot join
- 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
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: A Pilot, Feasibility Study to Improve Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reduce Burnout
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.
Read the detailed description
Aim 1 (Primary): Examine the feasibility of a larger study and hospital-wide implementation of two fatigue countermeasure interventions (access to napping/relaxation rooms and use of blue/green light blocking glass during night shift).
Aim 2 (Exploratory): Explore the effects of the interventions on melatonin levels, overall health, sleep, fatigue, cognitive function, missed care, nurse burnout, and salivary melatonin levels.
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Being tested
- Access to napping/relaxation room, Blue and green light blocking glasses
- Keywords
- Sleep, Fatigue, Burnout, Night shift
- Medical subject headings
- Fatigue, Burnout, Psychological
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Access to napping/relaxation roomBehavioural
During the night shift, study participants will have access to the hospital unit's napping/relaxation room with a sound machine, diffusers for aromatherapy, a massage chair that can be used for napping, and snacks.
Blue and green light blocking glassesOther
During the night shift, participants will be asked wear study-provided blue and green light blocking glasses.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Single group, crossover - order of the interventions to be randomly selected | Experimental | All participants will receive the same interventions which includes access to the napping/relaxation room only intervention, blue and green light blocking glasses only intervention, and the combined intervention. There will be a two-week washout between the interventions. The order of the interventions will be randomized to one of the following options:
* Napping/relaxation room, blue and green light blocking glasses, combined
* Blue and green light blocking glasses, napping/relaxation room, combined
* Napping/relaxation room, combined, blue and green light blocking glasses
* Blue and green light blocking glasses, combined, napping/relaxation room
* Combined, napping/relaxation room, blue and green light blocking glasses
* Combined, blue and green light blocking glasses, napping/relaxation room Receives: Behavioral: Access to napping/relaxation room; Other: Blue and green light blocking glasses |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Recruitment rate
Number of potential participants screened in order to enroll 8 participants
Measured: 2 months
Attrition rate
Percentage of enrolled participants completing the intervention as a whole and its three conditions
Measured: 4 months
Completeness of questionnaire responses
Percentage of completed responses
Measured: 4 months
Melatonin collection
Number of salivary melatonin samples collected
Measured: 4 months
Secondary outcomes (12)
Changes in physical health between baseline and the three conditions
Changes the in PROMIS Global Health 10-item Measure, Physical Health sub-scale T-score.
T-score ranges from 16.2 to 67.7 with 50.0 (standard deviation of 10) being the population mean.
Higher scores represent better physical health.
Measured: 3 months
Changes in mental health between baseline and the three conditions
Changes the in PROMIS Global Health 10-item Measure, Mental Health sub-scale T-score.
T-score ranges from 21.2 to 67.6 with 50.0 (standard deviation of 10) being the population mean.
Higher scores represent better mental health.
Measured: 3 months
Changes in Multidimensional Sleep Health between baseline and the three conditions
Changes in RSATED survey scores Total score ranges from 0 to 12 with higher scores representing better sleep health.
Measured: 3 months
Changes in sleep distrubance between baseline and the three conditions
Changes in PROMIS Sleep Disturbance 8-item Measure T-scores. T-score ranges from 28.9 to 76.5.7 with 50.0 (standard deviation of 10) being the population mean.
Higher scores represent more sleep disturbances.
Measured: 3 months
Changes in sleep-related impairment between baseline and the three conditions
Changes in PROMIS Sleep-related Impairment 8-item Measure T-scores. T-score ranges from 30.2 to 80.1 with 50.0 (standard deviation of 10) being the population mean. Higher scores represent more sleep-related impairment.
Measured: 3 months
Change in sleep duration between baseline and the three conditions
Change in mean actigraphic sleep duration
Measured: 3 months
Change in sleep efficiency between baseline and the three conditions
Change in mean actigraphic sleep efficiency
Measured: 3 months
Change in fatigue between baseline and the three conditions
Change in PROMIS Fatigue 7-item Measure T-scores. T-score ranges from 29.4 to 83.2 with 50.0 (standard deviation of 10) being the population mean. Higher scores represent more fatigue.
Measured: 3 months
Change in cognition function between baseline and the three conditions
Change in PROMIS Cognitive Function 8-item Measure T-scores. T-score ranges from 22.41 to 83.2 with 63.48 (standard deviation of 10) being the population mean. Higher scores represent better cognitive function.
Measured: 3 months
Change in burnout between baseline and the three conditions
Change in Copenhagen Burnout Inventory scores. The Copenhagen Burnout Inventory has three sub-scales measuring personal burnout, work-related burnout, and client-related burnout. Sub-scales scores range from 0 to 100 with higher scores representing greater burnout.
Measured: 3 months
Changes in missed care between baseline and the three conditions
Changes in Tasks Undone-12 Scale scores. Scores range from 0 to 12 with higher scores representing more undone nursing tasks.
Measured: 3 months
Changes in salivary melatonin levels between baseline and the three conditions
Changes in salivary melatonin levels
Measured: 3 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted17 Feb 2025
- Study start23 May 2025
- Primary completion29 Oct 2025
- Study completion31 Dec 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for HealthyStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of PittsburghThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- All participants are in a single group/cohort. Everyone will receive the same interventions in the same order. The order of the interventions will be randomly selected from six possible choices.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 5 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Shadyside Hospital Foundation
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Christopher Imes, University of Pittsburgh
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06829979
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STUDY24090069
- Status last verified
- Nov 2025
- First submitted
- 11 Feb 2025
- Last updated
- 21 Jan 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Yes: Final data sets from the research may be shared.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 21 Jan 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Pilot, Feasibility Study to Improve Night Shift Nurses' Health and Reduce Burnout
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06829979
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- STUDY24090069
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Keywords
- Sleep, Fatigue, Burnout, Night shift
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 5 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of PittsburghUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Shadyside Hospital Foundation
- Study start
- 23 May 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 29 Oct 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 17 Feb 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
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.
Detailed description
Aim 1 (Primary): Examine the feasibility of a larger study and hospital-wide implementation of two fatigue countermeasure interventions (access to napping/relaxation rooms and use of blue/green light blocking glass during night shift).
Aim 2 (Exploratory): Explore the effects of the interventions on melatonin levels, overall health, sleep, fatigue, cognitive function, missed care, nurse burnout, and salivary melatonin levels.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Other
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- All participants are in a single group/cohort. Everyone will receive the same interventions in the same order. The order of the interventions will be randomly selected from six possible choices.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Single group, crossover - order of the interventions to be randomly selected | Experimental | Behavioral: Access to napping/relaxation room, Other: Blue and green light blocking glassesAll participants will receive the same interventions which includes access to the napping/relaxation room only intervention, blue and green light blocking glasses only intervention, and the combined intervention. There will be a two-week washout between the interventions. The order of the interventions will be randomized to one of the following options: * Napping/relaxation room, blue and green light blocking glasses, combined * Blue and green light blocking glasses, napping/relaxation room, combined * Napping/relaxation room, combined, blue and green light blocking glasses * Blue and green light blocking glasses, combined, napping/relaxation room * Combined, napping/relaxation room, blue and green light blocking glasses * Combined, blue and green light blocking glasses, napping/relaxation room |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 99 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- 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
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- 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
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Access to napping/relaxation roomDuring the night shift, study participants will have access to the hospital unit's napping/relaxation room with a sound machine, diffusers for aromatherapy, a massage chair that can be used for napping, and snacks. | Behavioural | Single group, crossover - order of the interventions to be randomly selected |
| Blue and green light blocking glassesDuring the night shift, participants will be asked wear study-provided blue and green light blocking glasses. | Other | Single group, crossover - order of the interventions to be randomly selected |
Primary outcome
Recruitment rate
Time frame: 2 months
Number of potential participants screened in order to enroll 8 participants
Attrition rate
Time frame: 4 months
Percentage of enrolled participants completing the intervention as a whole and its three conditions
Completeness of questionnaire responses
Time frame: 4 months
Percentage of completed responses
Melatonin collection
Time frame: 4 months
Number of salivary melatonin samples collected
12 secondary outcomes
Changes in physical health between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Changes in mental health between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Changes in Multidimensional Sleep Health between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Changes in sleep distrubance between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Changes in sleep-related impairment between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Change in sleep duration between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Change in sleep efficiency between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Change in fatigue between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Change in cognition function between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Change in burnout between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Changes in missed care between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Changes in salivary melatonin levels between baseline and the three conditions
Time frame: 3 months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 21 Jan 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Yes. Final data sets from the research may be shared.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Access to napping/relaxation room and Blue and green light blocking glasses in people with Healthy, run by University of Pittsburgh at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 Jan 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Recruitment rate (time frame: 2 months). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 Jan 2026.