N/A N=800 Randomized Single-blind Health Services Research

Testing the Effectiveness of Night Shift, a Theory-based Customized Video Game

Trauma Injury · Physician's Role

Bottom Line

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Enrolled (actual)

800

Serious AEs

0.0%

Results posted

May 2026

Primary outcome: Primary: Under-triage — 819; 919; 417; 392 Severely injured patients — p=0.02

Study Design & Population

Study type: Interventional
Phase: N/A
Interventions: Night Shift (Behavioral); Usual education (Behavioral)
Age: Adult, Older Adult · 25+ yrs
Sex: All
Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh
Primary completion: Mar 2025

Outcome Measures

Outcome	Result	p-value
PRIMARY Under-triage	819; 919; 417; 392; 402; 527	0.02 sig
SECONDARY Mortality and Hospital Readmission	516; 584; 303; 335; 819; 919	0.87
SECONDARY Functional Dependence	—	—
SECONDARY Over-triage	1038; 1132; 417; 392; 1455; 1524	0.14

Summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test the effect of a video game on the implementation of clinical practice guidelines in trauma triage. The main question it attempts to answer is whether exposure to the game improves compliance with guidelines by emergency medicine physicians working at non-trauma centers in the US. Participants randomized to the intervention condition will be asked to play a customized, theory-based video game for 2 hours immediately after enrollment, and then return to the game for 20 minutes every three months for the next 9 months. Participants in the control condition will receive usual care.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

Board certified physicians who work exclusively in the emergency departments (EDs) of non-trauma centers in the US AND triage adult trauma patients

Exclusion Criteria

non-physician healthcare professionals who work in EDs
physicians who work at trauma and non-trauma centers
physicians who work outside the continental US

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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06063434). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.