Objective
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of acute sleep deprivation on
the fine motor coordination in obstetrics and gynecology residents.
Study Design
Twenty-eight obstetrics and gynecology residents completed a series of tasks using
the Purdue pegboard standardized protocol for testing fine motor coordination both
before and after a 24-hour call.
Results
Twenty-three participants were women and 5 were men. There was a learning curve demonstrated
for performance of the tasks. There was a statistically significant decline in performance
of residents after overnight call. When adjusting for the learning curve, effects
of sleep deprivation were magnified for all tasks: right (dominant) hand (P = .0005), left hand (P = .0020), both hands (P < .0001), and assembly (P < .0001). There were significant differences in performance when segregated by year
of training and sex; female residents appeared to tolerate better lack of sleep.
Conclusion
Acute sleep deprivation has a deleterious effect on fine motor coordination in this
group of obstetrics and gynecology residents.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 26, 2008
Accepted:
June 25,
2008
Received in revised form:
May 3,
2008
Received:
February 24,
2008
Footnotes
Cite this article as: Ayalon RD; Friedman F Jr. The effect of sleep deprivation on fine motor coordination in obstetrics and gynecology residents. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2008;199:576.e1-576.e5.
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