Association of current work and sleep situations with excessive daytime sleepiness and medical incidents among Japanese physicians

Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 512-522

  Kaneita, Yoshitaka ^a   Ohida, Takashi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Excessive daytime sleepiness; Insomnia; Medical incidents; Physicians; Sleep duration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INSOMNIA; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; REST; RISK; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; WORK; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; AGED; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054741231     PISSN: 15509389     EISSN: 15509397     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5664/JCSM.1322     Document Type: Article

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