Acute and chronic sleep deprivation in residents: Cognition and stress biomarkers.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Insufficient sleep affects circadian hormonal profiles and inflammatory markers and may modulate attention, executive functioning and decision-making. Medical professionals and specifically resident physicians, who are involved in long-term nightshift schedules during their post-graduate training, are prone to acute and chronic sleep deprivation and disruption, putting them at risk for making medical errors. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of chronic and acute-on-chronic sleep deprivation and disruption among residents on selected physiological and cognitive measures.

Methods

Thirty-three medical and surgical residents were evaluated twice - at baseline and after a 26-hour shift. Eighteen young attending physicians who did not engage in nightshift

SUBMITTER: Choshen-Hillel S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7854866 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature