@article{ref1,
title=""20,000 leagues under the sea": sleep, cognitive performance, and self-reported recovery status during a 67-day military submarine mission",
journal="Applied ergonomics",
year="2020",
author="Nieuwenhuys, Arne and Dora, Jonas and Knufinke-Meyfroyt, Melanie and Beckers, Debby and Rietjens, Gerard and Helmhout, Pieter",
volume="91",
number="",
pages="e103295-e103295",
abstract="Employing a field-based monitoring paradigm, the current study examined day-to-day fluctuations in actigraphy-based sleep recordings, cognitive performance (10-min psychomotor vigilance test; PVT), and self-reported recovery status among 14 submariners throughout a 67-day military mission. Mission averages reflected suboptimal sleep that was of short overall duration (5:46 ± 1:29 h per 24-h day) and relatively low efficiency (82.5 ± 9.9%); suboptimal levels of cognitive performance (PVT mRT = 283 ± 35 ms; PVT response errors = 5.3 ± 4.8); and moderate levels of self-reported recovery. Whilst self-reported recovery status remained stable across mission days, small but consistent day-to-day increases in sleep onset latency and PVT mRT accumulated to reflect meaningful deterioration in sleep and cognitive performance across the entire 67-day mission (i.e., 47% and 16% of the overall mission average, respectively). Future work is required to corroborate the current findings, firmly establish underlying causes, and make evidence-based suggestions for interventions to improve and uphold submariners' health and performance.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-6870",
doi="10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103295",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2020.103295"
}