Department of Neurology, Loyola University Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, IL, United States.
Sleep Med. 2011 Sep;12(8):808-10. doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.04.003. Epub 2011 Jun 12.
The purpose of this study is to assess excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) among attending physicians. Emails with an embedded link to an IRB approved questionnaire were sent to attending physicians of two closely affiliated academic institutions. An online hospital directory was used to compile a list of active attending physicians who practiced clinical medicine. Two additional reminder emails, about 2 weeks apart, were also sent. Data were collected anonymously and participation was voluntary. Three hundred fifteen responses out of 506 emails were returned (responder rate of 62.2%). The average age was 47 years and the majority was married with children. The mean Epworth Sleepiness Scale score was six and only 50 (15.9%) physicians were sleepy with a score of >10. Only working longer hours (p=0.014), habitual napping (p=0.01) and the feeling of not getting enough sleep (p=0.01) significantly correlated with daytime sleepiness. Hours at work, however, did not correlate with hours of sleep, and the latter surprisingly did not correlate with sleepiness. Physicians in our sample were slightly more sleep deprived than the general population but not as sleep deprived as resident physicians.
本研究旨在评估主治医生的日间嗜睡（EDS）情况。向两家紧密附属学术机构的主治医生发送了带有嵌入链接的经 IRB 批准的问卷的电子邮件。使用在线医院名录编制了一份从事临床医学的在职主治医生名单。另外还发送了两封大约相隔两周的提醒电子邮件。数据是匿名收集的，参与是自愿的。在 506 封电子邮件中，有 315 封（回复率为 62.2%）做出了回应。平均年龄为 47 岁，大多数已婚并育有子女。Epworth 嗜睡量表的平均得分为 6 分，只有 50 名（15.9%）医生嗜睡，得分>10 分。只有工作时间更长（p=0.014）、习惯性打盹（p=0.01）和感觉睡眠不足（p=0.01）与日间嗜睡显著相关。然而，工作时间与睡眠时间没有相关性，而睡眠时间与嗜睡也没有相关性，这令人惊讶。与一般人群相比，我们样本中的医生睡眠不足略多，但不如住院医生睡眠不足。
