Sleep and Alertness in a Duty-Hour Flexibility Trial in Internal Medicine.
Mathias BasnerDavid A AschJudy A SheaLisa M BelliniMichele CarlinAdrian J EckerSusan K MaloneSanjay V DesaiAlice L SternbergJames TonasciaDavid M ShadeJoel T KatzDavid W BatesOrit Even-ShoshanJeffrey H SilberDylan S SmallKevin G VolppChristopher G MottSara CoatsDaniel J MolliconeDavid F Dingesnull nullPublished in: The New England journal of medicine (2019)
This noninferiority trial showed no more chronic sleep loss or sleepiness across trial days among interns in flexible programs than among those in standard programs. Noninferiority of the flexible group for alertness was not established. (Funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and American Council for Graduate Medical Education; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT02274818.).