Sleep in Residents: A Comparison between Anesthesiology and Occupational Medicine Interns

Nicola Magnavita, Reparata Rosa Di Prinzio (), Igor Meraglia, Maria Eugenia Vacca, Paolo Maurizio Soave and Enrico Di Stasio
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Nicola Magnavita: Post-Graduate School of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
Reparata Rosa Di Prinzio: Post-Graduate School of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
Igor Meraglia: Post-Graduate School of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
Maria Eugenia Vacca: Post-Graduate School of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
Paolo Maurizio Soave: Post-Graduate School of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy
Enrico Di Stasio: Post-Graduate School of Occupational Health, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome, Italy

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 3, 1-13

Abstract: Sleep deprivation is a significant risk to the health and judgment of physicians. We wanted to investigate whether anesthesiology residents (ARs) who work only one night shift per week have different physical and mental health from occupational medicine residents (OMRs) who do not work at night. A total of 21 ARs and 16 OMRs attending a university general hospital were asked to wear an actigraph to record sleep duration, heart rate and step count and to complete a questionnaire for the assessment of sleep quality, sleepiness, fatigue, occupational stress, anxiety, depression and happiness. ARs had shorter sleep duration than OMRs; on average, they slept 1 h and 20 min less ( p < 0.001). ARs also had greater daytime sleepiness, a higher heart rate and lower happiness than OMRs. These results should be interpreted with caution given the cross-sectional nature of the study and the small sample size, but they are an incentive to promote sleep hygiene among residents.

Keywords: actigraph; night work; sleep quality; heart rate; sleepiness; fatigue; distress; anxiety; depression; happiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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