Impairment due to combined sleep restriction and alcohol is not mitigated by decaying breath alcohol concentration or rest breaks.
Hum Psychopharmacol
; 32(5)2017 09.
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| ID: mdl-28722214
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
Epidemiological and laboratory-based driving simulator studies have shown the detrimental impact of moderate, legal levels of alcohol consumption on driving performance in sleepy drivers. As less is known about the time course of decaying alcohol alongside performance impairment, our study examined impairment and recovery of performance alongside decaying levels of alcohol, with and without sleep restriction.METHODS:
Sixteen healthy young males (18-27 years) underwent 4 counterbalanced conditions Baseline, Alcohol (breath alcohol concentration [BrAC] < 0.05%), Sleep Restriction (5 hr time in bed), and Combined. Participants consumed alcohol (or control drink) ~4.5 hr post wake (1230 p.m.). To test on the descending limb of alcohol, attention and vigilance test batteries commenced 1 hr after consumption and were completed every 30 min for 2 hr (130 p.m.-330 p.m.).RESULTS:
The Combined condition impaired subjective and objective sleepiness. Here, performance deficits peaked 90 min after alcohol consumption or 30 min after the BrAC peak. Performance did not return to baseline levels until 2.5 hr following consumption, despite receiving rest breaks in between testing.CONCLUSIONS:
These findings suggest that (a) falling BrACs are an inadequate guide for performance/safety and (b) rest breaks without sleep are not a safety measure for mitigating performance impairment when consuming alcohol following restricted sleep.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Psicotrópicos
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Privação do Sono
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Condução de Veículo
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Consumo de Bebidas Alcoólicas
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Etanol
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hum Psychopharmacol
Assunto da revista:
PSICOFARMACOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Austrália