Cross-sectional analysis of sleep-promoting and wake-promoting drug use on health, fatigue-related error, and near-crashes in police officers.

Rowan P OgeilLaura K BargerSteven W LockleyConor S O'BrienJason P SullivanSalim QadriDan I LubmanCharles A CzeislerShantha M W Rajaratnam

Published in: BMJ open (2018)

Police who use sleep-promoting and wake-promoting drugs, especially when working night shifts, are most vulnerable to adverse health, performance and safety outcomes. Future research should examine temporal relationships between shift work, drug use and adverse outcomes, in order to develop optimal alertness management strategies.

Keyphrases

sleep quality
healthcare
cross sectional
public health
mental health
physical activity
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emergency department
health promotion
current status
metabolic syndrome
skeletal muscle
climate change
adverse drug