Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue · Cross-sectional study

Are tired trainee doctors more likely to make mistakes?

Paper: “Multivariate analysis of the impact of sleep and working hours on medical errors: a MICE approach"
Fedele et al. · BMC Public Health 2023 · doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17130-4

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Are tired trainee doctors more likely to make mistakes? Researchers in Argentina surveyed 661 trainee doctors. On average, they reported working 66 hours a week. Among those who answered the error question, those sleeping under 6 hours on workdays more often reported a medical error in the past week. So did residents with longer shifts and more on-call shifts each month. The errors were self-reported, and the study shows a link, not proof that tiredness caused them.

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