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Recurrent sleep restriction and deprivation significantly impair vigilance and neurocognitive function, leading to negative impacts on performance and increased risk of medical errors.
Prioritize sleep duration and quality as a non-negotiable component of performance and safety. Sleep restriction is not a badge of honor; it is a performance-limiting factor that impairs vigilance and increases error risk, comparable to impairment in other domains.
StrongSupportsVERY_HIGH confidence
Sleep deprivation and restriction diminish vigilance, alter neuroendocrine control, and negatively impact immune function. There is overwhelming support for the view that decrements in vigilance can negatively impact performance.
Why this rating
The paper cites 'overwhelming support' and references multiple human data studies and Institute of Medicine reports.
Source
Sleep, Anesthesiology, and the Neurobiology of Arousal State Control
Ralph Lydic et al. · Anesthesiology · 2005
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