Emergency call stress measured in real time
NCT ID NCT02075424
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study measured stress in 40 emergency call operators and doctors while they handled calls. Researchers took saliva samples every 15 minutes to check for a stress hormone, and also asked participants how stressed they felt. The goal was to better understand how these workers experience stress on the job.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Start date
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Mar 2014
- Finished
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Jun 2016
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * medical and paramedical staff from the center 15 (call operators, emergency doctors and general practitioners) * healthy volunteers having received the specific information letter regarding the sudy and having signed the clarified consent form * healthy volunteers are affiliated to the french social welfare Exclusion Criteria: * chronic alcoholism * women under oestroprogestative hormonal treatment * high level athletes * healthy volunteers under steroids treatment * healthy volunteers suffering from a mental health related disorder * fever on the day the sample is taken * healthy volunteers with endocrine disorders
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre Hospitalier Régional Metz Thionville
Metz, 57085, France
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