Effects of sleep deprivation on performance : A meta-analysis

To quantitatively describe the effects of sleep loss, we used meta-analysis, a technique relatively new to the sleep research field, to mathematically summarize data from 19 original research studies. Results of our analysis of 143 study coefficients and a total sample size of 1.932 suggest that ove...

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Published inSleep (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 19; no. 4; pp. 318 - 326
Main Authors PILCHER, J. J, HUFFCUTT, A. I
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Rochester, MN American Academy of Sleep Medicine 01.05.1996
Subjects
Affect
Behavioral psychophysiology
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Humans
Miscellaneous
Motor Skills
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sleep Deprivation
Human
Vigilance
Deprivation
Mood
Sleep
Cognition
Performance
Motricity
Metaanalysis
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Summary:To quantitatively describe the effects of sleep loss, we used meta-analysis, a technique relatively new to the sleep research field, to mathematically summarize data from 19 original research studies. Results of our analysis of 143 study coefficients and a total sample size of 1.932 suggest that overall sleep deprivation strongly impairs human functioning. Moreover, we found that mood is more affected by sleep deprivation than either cognitive or motor performance and that partial sleep deprivation has a more profound effect on functioning than either long-term or short-term sleep deprivation. In general, these results indicate that the effects of sleep deprivation may be underestimated in some narrative reviews, particularly those concerning the effects of partial sleep deprivation.
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ISSN:0161-8105
1550-9109
DOI:10.1093/sleep/19.4.318