The Relationship Between Shift Work, Sleep, and Cognition in Career Emergency Physicians
| Autor: | Joe Suyama, David Hostler, Matthew S. Staum, Clifton W. Callaway, Mari S. Machi, Charity G. Moore, Kwonho Jeong, P. Daniel Patterson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Sleep disorder education.field_of_study Cortisol awakening response medicine.diagnostic_test Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test business.industry Trail Making Test Population General Medicine Audiology medicine.disease Shift work Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Emergency Medicine medicine Cognitive decline Psychiatry business education |
| Zdroj: | Academic Emergency Medicine. 19:85-91 |
| ISSN: | 1069-6563 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2011.01254.x |
| Popis: | ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE 2012; 19:85–91 © 2012 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Abstract Objectives: The 24-hour physician coverage of the emergency department (ED) requires shift work, which can result in desynchronosis and cognitive decline. We measured changes in cognition and sleep disturbance in attending emergency physicians (EPs) before and after day and overnight shifts. Methods: Thirteen EPs were tested before and after day and overnight shifts using the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT), the University of Southern California Repeatable Episodic Memory Test (REMT), the Trail Making Test (TMT), and the Stroop Color-Word Test. Sleep quality and fatigue were assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Chalder Fatigue Questionnaire (CFQ). Saliva samples were collected from each physician immediately before and after day shifts and night shifts for neurohormonal assays. Results: Significantly fewer words were recalled on the REMT after both day (−2.4, 95% confidence interval [CI] = −4.4 to −0.4) and overnight shifts (−4.6, 95% CI = −6.4 to −2.8). There was a significant postshift increase in words recalled from the last third of the REMT list after overnight shifts (6.6, 95% CI = 2.8 to 10.4). Sleep quality was worse in EPs (mean PSQI = 4.8, SD ± 2.5) compared to the normal population, with 31% of subjects reporting poor sleep quality. Postshift fatigue was correlated with the perceived difficulty of the shift. Salivary cortisol and melatonin demonstrated diurnal variation consistent with normal circadian rhythms. Morning cortisol peak was decreased or delayed in samples from physicians after a night shift. Conclusions: These data indicate that short-term memory appears to decline after day and overnight shifts and confirms the high incidence of disturbed sleep in this population. |
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