Sleep Deprivation and Sustained Operations: Effects on Indices of Stress,
Abstract
Two groups of highly trained and motivated military personnel were deprived of sleep while sustaining performance of their assigned military tasks in a laboratory simulation; one team (I) was sleep deprived for 48 hours while the second team (II) was deprived of sleep deprived for 48 hours while the second team (II) was deprived of sleep for two consective 39 h periods separated by a 33 h rest interval. Six-hour urine samples were collected on a 24 h basis after an appropriate control period for each team. During sleep deprivation subjects were required to perform their assigned military tasks on a sustained basis for the duration of the scenario. Results indicated that their anticipation and perception of the experimental situation affected the common urinary indices of stress.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 28, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA054067
Entities
People
- Dennis M. Kowal
- James W. Stokes
- Louis E. Banderet
- Ralph P. Francesconi
Organizations
- United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine