Napping and nightshift work: Effects of a short nap on psychomotor vigilance and subjective sleepiness in health workers

Sleep and Biological Rhythms

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-125

  Smith, Simon S ^a,b   Kilby, Sam ^a,b   Jorgensen, Greg ^b,c   Douglas, James A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Queensland Sleep Health Group   (Australia)

^c THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Nap; Performance; Shiftwork; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NIGHT SLEEP; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SCIENTIST; SELF REPORT; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORK SCHEDULE; LATENT PERIOD; NAPPING; NIGHTSHIFT WORK; NURSING STAFF; REM SLEEP; RESPONSE TIME; SLEEP; WORKING TIME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33947388691     PISSN: 14469235     EISSN: 14798425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8425.2007.00261.x     Document Type: Article

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