Sleep Deprivation and Psychomotor Performance Among Night-shift Nurses

dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Arlene L.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-10T15:04:42Z
dc.date.available2021-10-10T15:04:42Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThis study examined how sleep deprivation influenced psychomotor performance of nurses who worked the night shift. Psychomotor performance was measured with the d2 Test of Attention, which quantifies attention, concentration, processing speed, and quality of performance. A sample of 289 licensed nurses was tested with the instrument. Fifty-six percent of the sample was sleep deprived. Mean psychomotor performance scores (26.6 for men and 11.4 for women) were above the normative means (44.4 for men and 41.03 for women). A significant (p < .0001) inverse relationship was found between psychomotor performance and hours of sleep. Nurses reported more hours of sleep on a general self-report sleep item than in a sleep diary.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJohnson, A. L., Brown, K., & Weaver, M. T. (2010). Sleep deprivation and psychomotor performance among night-shift nurses. AAOHN journal, 58(4), 147-156. https://doi.org/10.1177/216507991005800404en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/216507991005800404
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12521/201
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleSleep Deprivation and Psychomotor Performance Among Night-shift Nursesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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