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On this page you find a collection of references on the issue of sleep and fatigue. You may request an assessment of your sleep quality by the "sleep trainer". Futhermore you may download the AmCoNet newsletters or slides from the last workshop. The contents of this page do not claim completeness and will be supplemented regularly.
Relevant literature
The cited references deal with information on basic concepts such as morningness-eveningness, or sleep scoring. Important literature on fatigue models, especially the work of Borbély, is also cited. Specific topics include the well-known fatigue detection system "PERCLOS" by Wierwille and collegues and the "Wach am Steuer" manual for trainers.
- Basics
Morningness/Eveningness:
Horne JA, Östberg O. A self-assessment questionnaire to determine morningness-eveningness in human circadian rhythms. International Journal of Chronobiology 1976; 4: 97-110.
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI):
Buysse DJ, Reynolds CF, Monk TH, Berman SR, Kupfer DJ. The Pittsburgh sleep quality index: a new instrument for psychiatric practice and research. Psychiatry Research 1989; 28: 193-213.
Maintenance of wakefulness test (MWT):
Mitler MM, Gujavarty KS, Browman CP. Maintenance of wakefulness test: a polysomnographic technique for evaluating treatment efficacy in patients with excessive somnolence. Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology 1982; 53: 658-661.
Sleep scoring:
Rechtschaffen A, Kales A. A manual of standardized terminology, technique and scoring system for sleep stages of human subjects. Washington DC: Public Health Service, 1968.
Samn-Pirelli checklist:
Samn SW, Pirelli LP. Estimating aircrew fatigue: a technique with implications to airlift operations (Technical Report No SAM-TR-82-21). USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, Brooks AFB, TX, 1982.
Karolinska sleepiness scale:
Akerstedt T. Subjective and objective sleepiness in the active individual. International Journal of Neuroscience 1990; 52: 29-37.
- Fatigue models
Borbély AA. A two-process model of sleep regulation. Human Neurobiology 1982; 1: 195-204.
Akerstedt T, Folkard S, Portin C. Predictions from the three-process model of alertness. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine 2004; 75(3): A75-A83.
Moore-Ede M, Heitmann A, Guttkuhn R, Trutschel U, Aguirre A, Croke D. Circadian alertness simulator for fatigue risk assessment in transportation: application to reduce frequency and severity of truck accidents. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine 2004; 75(3): A107-A118.
- Specific topics
Bernickel, R. (2007). München: Verlag Heinrich Vogel
"Wach am Steuer"-Trainermanual:
ten Thoren, C. (2006). Wach am Steuer! Müdigkeits-Management-Training für Lastkraftwagen-Fahrer. Ein Leitfaden für Moderatoren. Landsberg: ecomed Sicherheit.
PERCLOS:
Wierwille WW, Ellsworth LA, Wreggit SS, Fairbanks RJ, Kirn CL. Research on vehicle-based driver status/performance monitoring: development, validation, and refinement of algorithms for detection of driver drowsiness. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Final Report: DOT HS 808 247, 1994.
"Sleep-Trainer":
Assessment of sleep quality by the "Sleep trainer"
(University of Regensburg, Prof. Zulley)
AmCoNet-Newsletters
Newsletter 2, 2006
Newsletter 1, 2006
Newsletter 2, 2005
Newsletter 1, 2005
Workshop 2007 "Alertness management for bus drivers"
The workshop on the topic "Alertness management for bus drivers" took place in April 2007 at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne-Porz. A complete list of talks including corresponding slides may be found here.
Workshop 2005 "Unfallriskio Müdigkeit"
The workshop on the topic "Unfallriskio Müdigkeit" (fatigue as accident hazard) took place on November 15th, 2005 at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Cologne-Porz. A complete list of talks including corresponding slides may be found here.
