Heart Rate Change While Drowsy Driving

Heart rate (HR) change during sleepy driving has never been investigated. Healthy volunteers who planned to drive a long distance were recruited and monitored with a 24-hour Holter. Six healthy volunteers were enrolled. Their mean driving time was 297.7 ± 111 minutes. Mean duration of sleepy time wh...

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Published inJournal of Korean medical science Vol. 34; no. 8; pp. e56 - 5
Main Authors Jo, Sang-Ho, Kim, Jin-Myung, Kim, Dong Kyoo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Korea (South) The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 04.03.2019
대한의학회
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Adult
Automobile Driving
Brief Communication
Heart Rate - physiology
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Pilot Projects
Sleep Deprivation - psychology
Surveys and Questionnaires
의학일반
Driving
Heart Rate
Sleep
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Summary:Heart rate (HR) change during sleepy driving has never been investigated. Healthy volunteers who planned to drive a long distance were recruited and monitored with a 24-hour Holter. Six healthy volunteers were enrolled. Their mean driving time was 297.7 ± 111 minutes. Mean duration of sleepy time while driving was 27 ± 24.5 minutes. Driving HR showed a trend for increment as compared to day time mean HR, from 85 ± 5.6 to 89.8 ± 5.6 beats/min (by 7%) ( = 0.093). Mean HR while sleepy driving significantly decreased to 81.5 ± 9.2 beats/min by 9.3% ± 7.4% ( = 0.046). This pilot study for the first time demonstrated that HR decreased while sleepy driving.
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ISSN:1011-8934
1598-6357
1598-6357
DOI:10.3346/jkms.2019.34.e56