Exploring the correlation between sleep duration, alertness, and psychological health in Japanese physicians (IMAGE)

Juntendo University Research Promotion Center

Exploring the correlation between sleep duration, alertness, and psychological health in Japanese physicians

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Responses during psychomotor vigilance test (PVT) are a reliable indicator of depression and burnout. PVT can be extended to other classes of professionals with long work hours to assess their mental health.

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Professor Hiroo Wada, and Professor Takeshi Tanigawa from Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, and Dr. Mathias Basner, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, USA

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