Sleep of recruits throughout basic military training and its relationships with stress, recovery, and fatigue

ConclusionsThe reported mean sleep duration of 6.3  h per night may negatively impact training outcomes across BMT. Combining both subjective and objective measures of sleep best explained relationships between sleep metrics stress, fatigue and recovery. Perceived sleep quality was most strongly related to change in stress, recovery, or post-sleep fatigue.
Source: International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health - Category: Occupational Health Source Type: research