Effects of sleep/wake history and circadian phase on proposed pilot fatigue safety performance indicators

Journal of Sleep Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 110-119

  Gander, Philippa H ^a   Mulrine, Hannah M ^a   van den Berg, Margo J ^a   Smith, A Alexander T ^a   Signal, T Leigh ^a   Wu, Lora J ^a,b   Belenky, Gregory ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Karolinska Sleepiness Scale; Measuring pilot fatigue; Psychomotor vigilance task; Samn Perelli fatigue ratings; Sleep loss

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FLIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KAROLINSKA SLEEPINESS SCALE; MONITORING; PILOT FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SAMN PERELLI FATIGUE RATING; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SOMNOLENCE; AIRCRAFT; ATTENTION; AVIATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGE; TIME; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE;

ACTIGRAPHY; ADULT; AIR TRAVEL; AIRCRAFT; ATTENTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP STAGES; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84921021892     PISSN: 09621105     EISSN: 13652869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jsr.12197     Document Type: Article

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