Sleep Deprivation And its Impact on Doctors Doing Continuous Duties
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 4
Abstract
Continuous duties for 24 hours ,36 hours and even 48 hours are very common in medical college, tertiary care ,hospitals, icus, casualty op. many doctors are knowingly or unknowingly doing duties for years together with much difficulties, they burn themselves for their patients, but not getting adequate recognition in the form of money, awards and rewards but they get stress, burnout, diseases like hypertension obesity, diabetes and sleep disorders which result in decreased cognitive functions and adversely affect their performance There are no studies in India regarding sleep problems among doctors
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. A. Muruganathan M. D, Dr. S. M. Thirunavuk Karasu M. D, Dr. T. Ravi Kumar M. D, Dr. N. Tamilselvan M. S, Dr. P. Saravanan M. D. , DR. SOPNA JOTHI M. D.
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