Author/Authors :
Khazaie، Habibolah نويسنده , , Tahmasian، Masoud نويسنده , , Ghadami، Mohammad R نويسنده Sleep Research Center, Department of Psychiatry, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences (KUMS), Iran Ghadami, Mohammad R , Safaei، Hooman نويسنده Neurocognitive Laboratory, Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Safaei, Hooman , Ekhtiari، Hamed نويسنده Iranian National Center for Addiction Studies (INCAS), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Ekhtiari, Hamed , Samadzadeh، Sara نويسنده , , Schwebel، David C. نويسنده Department of Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA. , , Russo، Michael B نويسنده John A. Burns School of
Medicine, University of Hawaii, USA Russo, Michael B
Abstract :
Because of on-call responsibilities, many medical residents are subjected to chronic partial sleep deprivation, a form of sleep restriction whereby individuals have chronic patterns of insufficient sleep. It is unclear whether deterioration in cognitive processing skills due to chronic partial sleep deprivation among medical residents would influence educational exposure or patient safety.Twenty-six medical residents were recruited to participate in the study. Participants wore an Actigraph over a period of 5 consecutive days and nights so their sleep pattern could be recorded. Thirteen participants worked on services that forced chronic partial sleep deprivation ( .05).THESE RESULTS MAY HAVE EMERGED FOR SEVERAL POSSIBLE REASONS: (a) chronic partial sleep deprivation may have a lesser impact on prefrontal cortex function than on other cognitive functions; (b) fairly modest chronic sleep restriction may be less harmful than acute and more significant sleep restriction; or (c) our research may have suffered from poor statistical power. Future research is recommended.
