The Association of Sleep Hygiene and Drowsiness with Adverse Driving Events in Emergency Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Prior research shows that physicians in training are at risk for drowsy driving following their clinical duties, which may put them in danger of experiencing adverse driving events. This study explores the relationship between sleepiness, overall sleep hygiene, level of training, and adverse driving events following an overnight shift in emergency medicine (EM) residents.

Methods

Throughout the 2018-2019 academic year, 50 EM residents from postgraduate years 1-4 completed self-administered surveys regarding their sleepiness before and after their drive home following an overnight shift, any adverse driving events that occurred during their drive home, and their overall sleep hygiene.

Results

Fifty out of a possible 57 residents completed the survey for a

SUBMITTER: Green W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7673877 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature