Mitigating Heat Stress Among Rickshaw Drivers in Bangladesh
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexMale
Age40+
SponsorUniversity of California, Berkeley
About this trial
The goal of the experimental study is to understand the impact of heat stress on core temperature and telomere length. Investigators will recruit rickshaw drivers who use manual power to push their rickshaws and randomly assign half of them to receive battery-powered rickshaws to use for four months. Investigators will assess how this change impacts their core body temperature while they work, the length of their telomeres (caps on the end of DNA that are associated with aging), and kidney function.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Reports driving a manual rickshaw at least five days per week for at least 8 hours per day for the past 12 months
Disqualifiers
Reports driving a battery-powered rickshaw in the past 12 months
Has hypertension, as measured by our study staff
Has diabetes, as measured by our staff
Reports diagnosis with cardiovascular disease / chronic cardiac condition
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Battery-powered rickshaw
Treatment groups
300 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
Sponsors and collaborators
University of California, Berkeley
Lead sponsor
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh
Collaborator
North South University
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov