Effect of a protected sleep period on hours slept during extended overnight in-hospital duty hours among medical interns: A randomized trial

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 2208-2217

  Volpp, Kevin G ^a,b,c   Shea, Judy A ^a,b   Small, Dylan S ^b,c   Basner, Mathias ^b   Zhu, Jingsan ^b   Norton, Laurie ^a,b   Ecker, Adrian ^b   Novak, Cristina ^a,b   Bellini, Lisa M ^b   Dine, C Jessica ^b   Mollicone, Daniel J ^d   Dinges, David F ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d Pulsar Informatics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOBILE PHONE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REST; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WAKEFULNESS; WORKING TIME;

EID: 84870542002     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.34490     Document Type: Article

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