Dear Doctor: Lack of Sleep

Abstract Functional capacity evaluations (FCEs) have become an important component of disability evaluation during the past 10 years to assess an individual's ability to perform the essential or specific functions of a job, both preplacement and during rehabilitation. Evaluating both job performance and physical ability is a complex assessment, and some practitioners are not yet certain that an FCE can achieve these goals. An FCE is useful only if it predicts job performance, and factors that should be assessed include overall performance; consistency of performance across similar areas of the FCE; consistency between observed behaviors during the FCE and limitations or abilities reported by the worker; objective changes (eg, blood pressure and pulse) that are appropriate relative to performance; external factors (illness, lack of sleep, or medication); and a coefficient of variation that can be measured and assessed. FCEs can identify specific movement patterns or weaknesses; measure improvement during rehabilitation; identify a specific limitation that is amenable to accommodation; and identify a worker who appears to be providing a submaximal effort. FCEs are less reliable at predicting injury risk; they cannot tell us much about endurance over a time period longer than the time required for the FCE; and the FCE may measure simple muscular functions when the job requires more complex ones.

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Lack of Sleep Is Linked To Psychological Distress

Family Practice News ◽

10.1016/s0300-7073(10)71011-2 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 40 (16) ◽

pp. 45

Author(s):

DAMIAN McNAMARA

Keyword(s):

Psychological Distress ◽

Lack Of Sleep

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The Relationship of University Students' Sleep Habits and Academic Motivation

NASPA Journal ◽

10.2202/0027-6014.1677 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 43 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Kellah M. Edens

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Goal Orientation ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Academic Motivation ◽

College Health ◽

Sleep Habits ◽

Lack Of Sleep ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

College students are sleeping less during the week than reported a few years ago. Lack of sleep among college students has been identified as one of the top three healthrelated impediments to academic performance by the American College Health Associations National College Health Assessment survey; and it is associated with lower grades, incompletion of courses, as well as negative moods. This research examines the underlying dynamics of lack of sleep on academic motivation, a key predictor of academic performance. Specifically, the relationship of sleep habits with self-efficacy, performance versus mastery goal orientation, persistence, and tendency to procrastinate were investigated. Findings indicate that 42% of the participants (159 students out of a total of 377) experience excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS); and those identified with EDS tend: (1) to be motivated by performance goals rather than mastery goals; (2) to engage in procrastination (a self-handicapping strategy) to a greater extent than students who are rested; and (3) to have decreased self-efficacy, as compared to students not reporting EDS. Several recommendations for campus health professionals to consider for a Healthy Campus Initiative are made based on the findings.

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Effect of Sleep Loss on Pain

The Oxford Handbook of the Neurobiology of Pain ◽

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190860509.013.31 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 556-608

Author(s):

Chloe Alexandre ◽

Alban Latremoliere ◽

Patrick H. Finan

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Processing ◽

Sleep Disturbances ◽

Inhibitory Pathways ◽

Inflammatory Processes ◽

Lack Of Sleep ◽

Significant Extension ◽

Neurological Processes ◽

Dynamic Components ◽

The Cost ◽

System Metabolism

With the advent of modern lifestyles, there has been a significant extension of daily activities, mostly at the cost of sleep. Lack of sleep affects many biological systems, including various cognitive functions, the immune system, metabolism, and pain. Both sleep and pain are complex neurological processes that encompass many dynamic components. As a result, defining the precise interactions between these two systems represents a challenge, especially for chronic paradigms. This chapter describes how sleep is measured and how it can be experimentally altered in humans and animal models, and, in turn, how sleep disturbances, either acute or chronic, can affect different aspects of pain. Possible mechanisms involved are discussed, including an increase in inflammatory processes, a loss of nociceptive inhibitory pathways, and a defect in the cognitive processing of noxious inputs.

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Relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Sleep Quality and Body Mass Index in Emergency Nurses

Healthcare ◽

10.3390/healthcare9050607 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 607

Author(s):

Noelia Miguez-Torres ◽

Alejandro Martínez-Rodríguez ◽

María Martínez-Olcina ◽

Laura Miralles-Amorós ◽

Cristina Reche-García

Keyword(s):

Body Mass Index ◽

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Sleep Quality ◽

Body Mass ◽

Working Hours ◽

Type I ◽

Emotional States ◽

Emergency Nurses ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Lack Of Sleep

Nurses have long working hours with high psychological burdens. In addition, in the emergency department, nurses are required to quickly adapt emotionally. The aim of this study was to describe and relate emotional intelligence (EI) skills of emergency nurses, their body mass index (BMI) and sleep quality. For this purpose, a cross-sectional was carried out in which the perceived emotional intelligence test and the Pittsburgh sleep quality index were applied. Sixty-two emergency nurses (48 women and 14 men) participated. The results indicated that the majority of them present adequate levels of EI, with no differences by gender. Younger nurses showed a better ability to feel, express and understand emotional states than the older ones, while the ability to regulate emotional states occurred in the opposite way. Nurses who have been working for several years showed a better ability to regulate emotions than those with less experience. Those who were overweight grade II and obese type I expressed their feelings better, also the regulation of emotional states decreased as weight increased. Finally, it has been observed that the quality of sleep of emergency nurses is significantly altered, and that this lack of sleep may affect their ability to process emotions.

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Lack of sleep a hypertension warning sign

Springer Healthcare News ◽

10.1007/s40014-012-0431-6 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Keyword(s):

Warning Sign ◽

Lack Of Sleep

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Drivers of Productivity: Being physically active increases yet sedentary bouts and lack of sleep decrease work ability.

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports ◽

10.1111/sms.14005 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marco Giurgiu ◽

Rebecca Nissen ◽

Gerhard Müller ◽

Ulrich W. Ebner‐Priemer ◽

Markus Reichert ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Work Ability ◽

Physically Active ◽

Lack Of Sleep ◽

Sedentary Bouts

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Detection of Vigil And Fatigue States During The Execution of Laparoscopic Tasks Based On EEG Patterns

10.21203/rs.3.rs-494531/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yeremi Pérez ◽

Roberto Borboa-Gastelum ◽

Luz Maria Alonso-Valerdi ◽

David I. Ibarra-Zarate ◽

Eduardo A. Flores-Villalba ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Individual Component ◽

Support Vector ◽

Patient Death ◽

Professional Activities ◽

Health Area ◽

Before And After ◽

Lack Of Sleep ◽

Eeg Signal Processing

Abstract Fatigue decreases performance in several professional activities. Fatigue can lead to commit technical mistakes which consequences might be lethal, such as in health area, where a surgical error due to the absence of rest can provoke the patient death. Therefore, this study aims to detect vigil and fatigue (due to lack of sleep) states in medical students through the classification of electroencephalographic (EEG) patterns. The EEG signals of 18 physician students were analyzed within theta band (4 - 8 Hz) over front-central recording sites, and alpha band (8 - 13 Hz) rhythms over temporal and parieto-occipital recording sites during the execution of laparoscopic tasks before and after their medical duties. The EEG signal processing pipeline consisted in pre-processing based on individual component analysis, absolute band power estimates, and Support Vector Machine classification. The F-score to differ between vigil and fatigue states was 90.89%, where the first class was slightly more identifiable reaching a sensitivity of 90.18%. Based on this outcome, the detection of fatigue in medical students while their laparoscopic training seems achievable and feasible to diminish technical mistakes that could be lethal in health area. For this purpose, EEG recording are provided.

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Nutritional Supplements & Athletes- An Analysis of Potential Side Effects

THE SKY-International Journal of Physical Education and Sports Sciences (IJPESS) ◽

10.51846/the-sky.v4i1.818 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 94-100

Author(s):

Syed Muhammad Bilal Gillani ◽

Syed Ihtisham Ahmed ◽

Basit Ali

Keyword(s):

Side Effects ◽

Dietary Supplements ◽

Whey Protein ◽

Soy Protein ◽

Nutritional Supplements ◽

Normal Diet ◽

Male Athletes ◽

Vast Number ◽

Casein Protein ◽

Lack Of Sleep

Nutritional supplements are commonly accessible products used as an extension to the normal diet and are mostly used by athletes. Among all users of supplements, the utilization among athletes tends to be more noteworthy than the overall public. With such a vast number of athletes utilizing dietary supplements, it is vital to evaluate about side effects of nutritional supplements among gymnasium going athletes. This study was Analytical, conducted on 57 male athletes from Lahore, who were regularly going to gymnasium since past three months and were using nutritional supplements at the time of evaluation. The most frequently used supplements were the mostly consumed nutritional supplements were protein or whey protein powders (61.4%), multivitamins (56.1%), and creatine (38.6%). Most common side effects after utilizing nutritional supplements were Dry Mouth/Dehydration (n=28, 49.1%), Constipation (n=22, 38.6%), Insomnia/Lack of Sleep (n=18, 31.5%) Nausea (n=17, 29.8%) and Heart Palpitations/Abnormal Heartbeats (n=16, 28%). Pearson’s Correlation indicated that the casein protein and soy protein were the major cause of many side effects. It is concluded that athletes were having some side effects after utilizing nutritional supplements and they were utilizing supplements without consulting a proper nutritionist/dietitian.

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