María Lucía Sequeira
Harvard T. H Chan School of Public Health - ECPE - PPCR Program, Boston, MA, USA
Maria Isabel Bojorquez Ortiz
Universidad Francisco Marroquín, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
Camila Bernardes de Faria
D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Vitor Yukio Yonekura
Harvard T. H Chan School of Public Health - ECPE - PPCR Program, Boston, MA, USA
Aline Aparecida Lacerda Gruber
Harvard T. H Chan School of Public Health - ECPE - PPCR Program, Boston, MA, USA
Igor Malheiros Assad
Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Luciano Hurtano Peña
Emergency Department, Dávila Clinic, Santiago, Chile
Lukas Rudzevicius
Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Chemnitz gGmbH, Chemnitz, Germany
Marilia Ribeiro de Azevedo Aguiar
Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Ahmad G. A. Khater
Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Egyptian Russian University, Cairo, Egypt
Agustín Pérez Londoño
Division of Urologic Surgery, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA
Bisher Sawaf
Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Hospital, Doha, Qatar
Dongwoo Nam
Department of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Medicine, Kyung Hee University College of Korean Medicine, Seoul, Korea
Francisco Espinoza Aguayo
Medicine Faculty, Universidad del Desarrollo, Clinica Alemana, Santiago, Chile
Franja Dugar
Department of Radiology and Nuclear medicine, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Guilherme de Araujo Gomes
Hospital São Vicente de Paula, Passo Fundo, Brazil
Luis Angel Rivera Quinto
Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Rawan Mohammad AlMuhanna
Saudi Commission For Health Specialties, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Stalin Canizares
Principles and Practice of Clinical Research, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
Vanesa Scholl
Conciencia Clinic, Neuquén, Argentina
Abstract
Introduction: Healthcare workers are especially vulnerable to sleep disturbances, including shift work sleep disorder(SWSD). Even though omega-3 supplementation has been studied to enhance sleep quality in different populations, there is lack of evidence to support its effectiveness in SWSD. This trial aims to evaluate this compound potential benefits towards health care personnel suffering from SWSD.
Methods: This study protocol consists of a phase III, single-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial. Participants will receive sleep hygiene orientation in addition to either omega-3 dietary supplementation or placebo for 8 weeks. The primary outcome will be sleep quality as measured by the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and one of the secondary outcomes would be actigraphy as a reliable sleep assessment. The sample size will be 136 subjects.
Discussion: The importance of improving sleep quality of health care workers relies on its impact on their wellness, and on patient safety. Sleep deprivation and disorders are responsible for multiple workplace errors and worse health outcomes alike.This trial can help determine if omega-3 supplementation can contribute to ameliorate sleep disturbances in health care professionals.
