EMS Providers' Health Initiative Study
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Meal service.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Shift-work Disorder. Basic parameters: from 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
This study aims to explore dietary factors that influence glycemic control in night shift EMS providers and to test the feasibility of a dietary intervention among these providers.
Detailed description
This study can be broken down into two phases. Both phases will take place over the course of 3 weeks. During the first week, participants will be scheduled for a single 60-90 minute zoom appointment. During this appointment, informed consent will be obtained, participants will provide health and demographic information, complete several questionnaires, and be familiarized with study protocols. The following week, participants will wear a continuous glucose monitor, actigraph activity monitor, document everything they have to eat and drink, and rate their daily stress levels. Participants will continue this during the final week and will be randomized to consume either a 2:1 or 1:1 protein to carbohydrate ratio during the night shift during this week.
Interventions
- Other Meal service
The primary goal is to pilot the feasibility of a meal service intervention in night shift workers
Primary outcome measures
- Glycemic control [Time frame: Two weeks]
- Compliance [Time frame: Four days]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Perceived stress [Time frame: Two weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Emergency medical service (EMS) provider
- Works night shift only for at least one year
- Provides patient care as primary duty
Exclusion criteria
- Diagnosis of a metabolic disease (i.e. diabetes, prediabetes, metabolic syndrome)
- Taking medication to lower blood glucose
- Pregnant or planning to become pregnant
- Diagnosis of kidney disease or impairment
- Allergies or intolerances to study foods
- Digestive disorder
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- University at Buffalo — Buffalo
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05153759 · EMS Health