Sleepiness among personnel in the Norwegian Air Ambulance Service.
Air ambulance
HEMS crew members
Pilots
Shift work
Sleepiness
Journal
International archives of occupational and environmental health
ISSN: 1432-1246
Titre abrégé: Int Arch Occup Environ Health
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 7512134
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2019
11 2019
Historique:
received:
20
02
2019
accepted:
04
06
2019
pubmed:
12
6
2019
medline:
15
4
2020
entrez:
12
6
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Purpose To examine the effects of shift work and extended working hours on sleepiness among pilots and Helicopter Emergency Medical Service (HEMS) crew members in the Norwegian Air Ambulance. This field study investigated sleepiness during 3 consecutive weeks: the week before work, the work week, and the week after work. The pilots and HEMS crew members (N = 50) kept a wake diary during all 3 weeks and completed reaction time tests during the work week. The overall sleepiness scores were low during all 3 weeks. When comparing the 3 weeks, the lowest sleepiness levels were found for the work week. There was a small difference across work days, in which subjective sleepiness scores were highest the first duty day. No change in the reaction time tests was evident during the work week. The crew members reported being most sleepy at midnight, compared to all the other timepoints over the course of a duty day. Regarding workload and total work time, having larger workload was associated with lower sleepiness scores, while having higher total work time was associated with higher sleepiness score, both compared to the medium category. The findings indicate that the work schedules and setting for this distinct occupational group do not seem to negatively affect the sleepiness levels.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31183552
doi: 10.1007/s00420-019-01449-w
pii: 10.1007/s00420-019-01449-w
pmc: PMC6814847
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1121-1130Références
J Sleep Res. 2002 Jun;11(2):141-51
pubmed: 12028479
Rehabil Nurs. 2014 Jan-Feb;39(1):16-25
pubmed: 23780784
Scand J Work Environ Health. 2010 Mar;36(2):81-4
pubmed: 20126970
Sleep. 1994 Apr;17(3):236-41
pubmed: 7939123
Sleep. 2016 Mar 01;39(3):687-98
pubmed: 26612392
Curr Opin Neurobiol. 1992 Apr;2(2):165-9
pubmed: 1638148
Air Med J. 2010 Nov-Dec;29(6):309-19
pubmed: 21055646
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2017 Nov;61(10):1305-1313
pubmed: 28901538
Sleep. 2003 Mar 15;26(2):117-26
pubmed: 12683469
Prehosp Emerg Care. 2013 Jan-Mar;17(1):23-8
pubmed: 22925035
J Appl Psychol. 2014 Nov;99(6):1096-112
pubmed: 25384205
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2014 Sep;85(9):954-9
pubmed: 25197895
J Sleep Res. 2016 Apr;25(2):131-43
pubmed: 26762182
J Sleep Res. 2011 Sep;20(3):487-94
pubmed: 20887396
Aviat Space Environ Med. 2008 Nov;79(11):1047-50
pubmed: 18998486
Scand J Work Environ Health. 2006 Oct;32(5):349-58
pubmed: 17091202
Sleep. 2006 Jun;29(6):821-9
pubmed: 16796221
Sleep. 2001 May 1;24(3):272-81
pubmed: 11322709
Chronobiol Int. 2016;33(5):480-9
pubmed: 27030964
J Safety Res. 2003;34(3):309-13
pubmed: 12963077
Sleep Med. 2010 Feb;11(2):185-90
pubmed: 20093076
Sleep. 2017 Oct 1;40(10):
pubmed: 28958002
Ind Health. 2005 Jan;43(1):80-4
pubmed: 15732308
Scand J Work Environ Health. 2010 Mar;36(2):121-33
pubmed: 20119631
J Sleep Res. 2019 Jun;28(3):e12658
pubmed: 29383788
Sleep. 2007 May;30(5):619-24
pubmed: 17552377
J Occup Health. 2014;56(6):469-77
pubmed: 25744087
Int J Neurosci. 1990 May;52(1-2):29-37
pubmed: 2265922
J Neurol. 2007 Jan;254(1):60-6
pubmed: 17508140
Sleep. 1991 Dec;14(6):540-5
pubmed: 1798888
Air Med J. 2006 Sep-Oct;25(5):216-25
pubmed: 16938635
Sleep Med Clin. 2009 Jun 1;4(2):257-271
pubmed: 20640236
Scand J Work Environ Health. 2011 May;37(3):173-85
pubmed: 21290083