Open AccessEffect of on-call-related sleep deprivation on physicians′ mood and alertness
Author(s) -
Siraj Wali,
Karimah Qutah,
Lujain Abushanab,
Roa′a Basamh,
Jolanar Abushanab,
Ayman Krayem
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.105715
Subject(s) - alertness , medicine , sleep deprivation , mood , affect (linguistics) , profile of mood states , sleep (system call) , sleep debt , physical therapy , psychiatry , psychology , cognition , communication , computer science , operating system
Physicians may experience periods of acute sleep deprivation while on-call, in addition to baseline chronic sleep deprivation which may affect physicians' performance and patients' safety. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of acute sleep deprivation due to working long on-call shifts on mood and alertness, both of which may impair physicians' performance.