Cardiac Autonomic Modulation during on-Call Duty under Working Hours Restriction
Autor: | Yu-Hsuan Lin, Chung Yen Chen, Sheng-Hsuan Lin, Jien Wen Chien, Shih Wen Lin |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Sympathetic Nervous System Sympathetic modulation Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis lcsh:Medicine Workload Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Heart Rate Parasympathetic Nervous System Internal medicine medicine Heart rate variability Humans Spectral analysis 030212 general & internal medicine working hours restriction on-call duty medical resident business.industry lcsh:R autonomic nervous system Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Internship and Residency Heart High stress Circadian Rhythm Autonomic nervous system Duty cycle Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiology Female Autonomic modulation business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 17 Issue 3 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 3, p 1118 (2020) |
ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
DOI: | 10.3390/ijerph17031118 |
Popis: | Background: Medical residency is a time of high stress and long working hours, which increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. This study aimed to investigate the autonomic modulation of resident physicians throughout the on-call duty cycle. Methods: Spectral analysis of heart rate variability (HRV) was used to compute cardiac parasympathetic modulation (high-frequency power, HF) and cardiac sympathetic modulation (normalized low-frequency power, LF%, and the ratio of LF and HF, LF/HF) of 18 residents for a consecutive 4-day cycle. Results: Male residents show reduced cardiac sympathetic modulation (i.e., higher LF/HF and LF%) than the female interns. Medical residents&rsquo cardiac parasympathetic modulation (i.e., HF) significantly increased on the first and the second post-call day compared with the pre-call day. In contrast, LF% was significantly decreased on the first and the second post-call day compared with the pre-call day. Similarly, LF/HF was significantly decreased on the second post-call day compared with the pre-call day. LF/HF significantly decreased on the first post-call day and on the second post-call day from on-call duty. Conclusion: The guideline that limits workweeks to 80 h and shifts to 28 h resulted in reduced sympathetic modulation and increased parasympathetic modulation during the two days following on-call duty. |
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