Napping on the night shift and its impact on blood pressure and heart rate variability among emergency medical services workers: study protocol for a randomized crossover trial
DiscussionOur study will address two indicators of cardiovascular health and determine if shorter or longer duration naps during night shifts have a clinically meaningful impact.Trial registrationClinicalTrials.govNCT04469803. Registered on 9 July 2020 (Source: Trials)
Source: Trials - March 16, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
ObeSity and Jobs in SoCioeconomically Disadvantaged CommUnities: A Randomized CLinical Precision Public HealTh Intervention --The SCULPT-Job Study
Conditions: Weight Maintenance; Weight Loss; Stress, Psychological; Job Stress; Diabetes Prevention; Obesity; Cardiovascular Risk Factor; Cardiovascular Diseases Interventions: Behavioral: Diabetes Prevention Program + Job and Legal Services; Behavioral: Diabetes Prevention Program Sponsors: University of California, San Francisco; American Heart Association Enrolling by invitation (Source: ClinicalTrials.gov)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov - January 14, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
Towards a health-enabling working environment - developing and testing interventions to decrease HIV and TB stigma among healthcare workers in the Free State, South Africa: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
DiscussionThe study regards as HCWsall staff, working inall different types of jobs, atall levels in the hospitals. Thus, the research addresses HIV and TB stigma across the whole workforce and the entire workplace. In doing so it will (1) generate essential information on stigma among HCWs and (2) implement stigma-reduction interventions that are innovative yet replicable, and potentially beneficial in addressing a pernicious human-rights-based issue.Trial registrationSouth African National Clinical Trials Register, registration ID:DOH-27-1115-5204. Prospectively registered on 26 August 2015. (Source: Trials)
Source: Trials - July 4, 2018 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
BReastfeeding Attitude and Volume Optimization (BRAVO) trial: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
This study is an ongoing randomized trial in Jakarta, Indonesia, that began in July 2012. Pregnant women are being screened for their breastfeeding plan in the third trimester, and those with low intention to breastfeed are randomly allocated to either receiving an add-on breastfeeding-optimization program or usual care. Primary outcomes include breastfeeding rate, lung function, and blood pressure during the first year of life and vascular/cardiac characteristics, which will be measured at the age of 4 to 5 years. Child growth and infection/illness episodes are measured, whereas cognitive testing is planned for the child...
Source: Trials - June 1, 2016 Category: Research Source Type: clinical trials
