@article{ref1,
title="Sleep quantity and quality of Ontario wildland firefighters across a low-hazard fire season",
journal="Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine",
year="2017",
author="McGillis, Zachary and Dorman, Sandra C. and Robertson, Ayden and Lariviere, Michel and Leduc, Caleb and Eger, Tammy and Oddson, Bruce E. and Larivière, Céline",
volume="59",
number="12",
pages="1188-1196",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to assess the sleep quality, quantity, and fatigue levels of Canadian wildland firefighters while on deployment. <br><br>METHODS: Objective and subjective sleep and fatigue measures were collected using actigraphy and questionnaires during non-fire (Base) and fire (Initial Attack and Project) deployments. <br><br>RESULTS: Suboptimal sleep quality and quantity were more frequently observed during high-intensity, Initial Attack fire deployments. Suboptimal sleep was also exhibited during non-fire (Base) work periods, which increases the risk of prefire deployment sleep debt. Self-reported, morning fatigue scores were low-to-moderate and highest for Initial Attack fire deployments. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The study highlights the incidence of suboptimal sleep patterns in wildland firefighters during non-fire and fire suppression work periods. These results have implications for the health and safety practices of firefighters given the link between sleep and fatigue, in a characteristically hazardous occupation.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1076-2752",
doi="10.1097/JOM.0000000000001175",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0000000000001175"
}