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Brazilian air traffic controllers exhibit excessive sleepiness

Excessive sleepiness (ES) is an increased tendency to initiate involuntary sleep for naps at inappropriate times. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess ES in air traffic controllers (ATCo). METHODS: 45 flight protection professionals were evaluated, comprising 30 ATCo, subdivided into...

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Autores principales: Ribas, Valdenilson Ribeiro, de Almeida, Cláudia Ângela Vilela, Martins, Hugo André de Lima, Alves, Carlos Frederico de Oliveira, Alves, Marcos José Pinheiro Cândido, Carneiro, Severino Marcos de Oliveira, Ribas, Valéria Ribeiro, de Vasconcelos, Carlos Augusto Carvalho, Sougey, Everton Botelho, de Castro, Raul Manhães
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Publicado: Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29213746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1980-57642011DN05030009
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author Ribas, Valdenilson Ribeiro
de Almeida, Cláudia Ângela Vilela
Martins, Hugo André de Lima
Alves, Carlos Frederico de Oliveira
Alves, Marcos José Pinheiro Cândido
Carneiro, Severino Marcos de Oliveira
Ribas, Valéria Ribeiro
de Vasconcelos, Carlos Augusto Carvalho
Sougey, Everton Botelho
de Castro, Raul Manhães
author_facet Ribas, Valdenilson Ribeiro
de Almeida, Cláudia Ângela Vilela
Martins, Hugo André de Lima
Alves, Carlos Frederico de Oliveira
Alves, Marcos José Pinheiro Cândido
Carneiro, Severino Marcos de Oliveira
Ribas, Valéria Ribeiro
de Vasconcelos, Carlos Augusto Carvalho
Sougey, Everton Botelho
de Castro, Raul Manhães
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description Excessive sleepiness (ES) is an increased tendency to initiate involuntary sleep for naps at inappropriate times. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess ES in air traffic controllers (ATCo). METHODS: 45 flight protection professionals were evaluated, comprising 30 ATCo, subdivided into ATCo with ten or more years in the profession (ATCo≥10, n=15) and ATCo with less than ten years in the profession (ATCo<10, n=15) and 15 aeronautical information services operators (AIS), subdivided into AIS with ten years or more in the profession (AIS≥10, n=8) and AIS with less than ten years in the profession (AIS<10, n=7), who were included as the control group. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Maintenance of Wakefulness Test were used for evaluating subjective and objective excessive sleepiness. Kruskal-Wallis was used for ES and Mann-Whitney for sleep latency (SL), collection time in minutes (mins), and expressed as Median (Minimum-Maximum), p<0.05. RESULTS: ATCo≥10 12 (6-14) mins and ATCo<10 10 (1-15) mins showed greater sleepiness compared to CONTROL1 7 (3-8) mins and CONTROL2 6 (4-6) mins, p=0.001*. A total of 77.27% of the ATCo and 16.67% of the AIS had an SL of less than 20 minutes. The ATCo presented an SL of 16.59 (3.25-40), lower than that of the AIS of 31.71 (10.63-40) mins, p<0.05*. CONCLUSION: Brazilian air traffic controllers exhibit excessive sleepiness.
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spelling pubmed-56194812017-12-06 Brazilian air traffic controllers exhibit excessive sleepiness Ribas, Valdenilson Ribeiro de Almeida, Cláudia Ângela Vilela Martins, Hugo André de Lima Alves, Carlos Frederico de Oliveira Alves, Marcos José Pinheiro Cândido Carneiro, Severino Marcos de Oliveira Ribas, Valéria Ribeiro de Vasconcelos, Carlos Augusto Carvalho Sougey, Everton Botelho de Castro, Raul Manhães Dement Neuropsychol Original Articles Excessive sleepiness (ES) is an increased tendency to initiate involuntary sleep for naps at inappropriate times. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to assess ES in air traffic controllers (ATCo). METHODS: 45 flight protection professionals were evaluated, comprising 30 ATCo, subdivided into ATCo with ten or more years in the profession (ATCo≥10, n=15) and ATCo with less than ten years in the profession (ATCo<10, n=15) and 15 aeronautical information services operators (AIS), subdivided into AIS with ten years or more in the profession (AIS≥10, n=8) and AIS with less than ten years in the profession (AIS<10, n=7), who were included as the control group. The Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Maintenance of Wakefulness Test were used for evaluating subjective and objective excessive sleepiness. Kruskal-Wallis was used for ES and Mann-Whitney for sleep latency (SL), collection time in minutes (mins), and expressed as Median (Minimum-Maximum), p<0.05. RESULTS: ATCo≥10 12 (6-14) mins and ATCo<10 10 (1-15) mins showed greater sleepiness compared to CONTROL1 7 (3-8) mins and CONTROL2 6 (4-6) mins, p=0.001*. A total of 77.27% of the ATCo and 16.67% of the AIS had an SL of less than 20 minutes. The ATCo presented an SL of 16.59 (3.25-40), lower than that of the AIS of 31.71 (10.63-40) mins, p<0.05*. CONCLUSION: Brazilian air traffic controllers exhibit excessive sleepiness. Associação de Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC5619481/ /pubmed/29213746 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1980-57642011DN05030009 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Alves, Carlos Frederico de Oliveira
Alves, Marcos José Pinheiro Cândido
Carneiro, Severino Marcos de Oliveira
Ribas, Valéria Ribeiro
de Vasconcelos, Carlos Augusto Carvalho
Sougey, Everton Botelho
de Castro, Raul Manhães
Brazilian air traffic controllers exhibit excessive sleepiness
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5619481/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29213746
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1980-57642011DN05030009
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