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Sleep disturbance and deficits of sustained attention following stroke - Pearce SC, Stolwyk RJ, New PW, Anderson C.
OBJECTIVE: To simultaneously investigate the prevalence of and impact that the poststroke complications of daytime sleepiness, poor sleep quality, depression, and fatigue may be having upon deficits of sustained attention, as assessed using the Psychomotor...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 28, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

A neurophysiological approach for evaluating noise-induced sleep disturbance: calculating the time constant of the dynamic characteristics in the brainstem - Tagusari J, Matsui T.
Chronic sleep disturbance induced by traffic noise is considered to cause environmental sleep disorder, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke, diabetes and other stress-related diseases. However, noise indices for the evaluation of sle...
Source: SafetyLit - April 16, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Assessment of patients' medical fitness-to-drive by primary care physicians: a cross-sectional study - Alkharboush GA, Al Rashed FA, Saleem AH, Alnajashi IS, Almeneessier AS, Olaish AH, Bhatti JA, Bahammam AS.
OBJECTIVES: Motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) are a significant health burden in Saudi Arabia. The literature has consistently indicated that chronic medical conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, obstructive sleep apnea, and neurodevelopmental...
Source: SafetyLit - January 14, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Distraction, Fatigue, Chronobiology, Vigilance, Workload Source Type: news

Factors associated with response to pilot home-based light therapy for fatigue following traumatic brain injury and stroke - Connolly LJ, Rajaratnam SMW, Spitz G, Lockley SW, Ponsford JL.
BACKGROUND: Fatigue and sleep disturbance are common and debilitating problems after brain injury. Light therapy shows promise as a potential treatment. We conducted a trial of in-home light therapy to alleviate fatigue and sleep disturbance. The aim of th...
Source: SafetyLit - August 5, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Program and Other Evaluations, Effectiveness Studies Source Type: news