Effect of serial night shifts on the cognitive, psychomotor, and moral performance of residents in the department of Emergency Medicine.

Anas Mohammed Muthanikkatt Balamurugan Nathan Manu Ayyan S Sharan Murali Navaneeth S Krishna Bitty Raghavan Ezhilkugan Ganessane Nanda Kishore Maroju

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2024)

Residents sleep less following night versus day shifts, reporting the highest sleepiness levels after 5 consecutive nights. Despite this, psychomotor performance and reaction times did not significantly differ. However, considerable reductions occurred in moral judgment, working memory, and interference test performance after serial night shifts.

Keyphrases

working memory
sleep quality
emergency medicine
depressive symptoms
transcranial direct current stimulation
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
physical activity
obstructive sleep apnea
decision making
emergency department
tertiary care
sleep apnea