Subjective sleepiness is a sensitive indicator of insufficient sleep and impaired waking function

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 242-254

  Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a,b   Anund, Anna ^c   Axelsson, John ^b   Kecklund, Göran ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Driving; EEG; EOG; Ratings; Shift work; Sleep; Sleep deprivation; Sleepiness; Work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; KAROLINSKA SLEEPINESS SCALE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NIGHT WORK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOMNOLENCE; WORKING TIME;

DRIVING; EEG; EOG; RATINGS; SHIFT WORK; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEPINESS; WORK;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DARKNESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK;

EID: 84900420384     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12158     Document Type: Article

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