Chronic, but not acute, fatigue predicts self-reported attentional driving errors in mothers attending infant children.
Sci Rep
; 9(1): 12746, 2019 09 04.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31484959
ABSTRACT
Mothers attending infant children usually experience high levels of fatigue, and fatigue has been shown to be related to car crashes through attentional errors, among other causes. The current study investigates the effects of fatigue on the attentional errors while driving of women attending infant children. A sample of 112 women-67 attending infant children and 45 not attending-filled out self-report questionnaires assessing acute fatigue, chronic fatigue, and attention-related driving errors. A mediational analysis showed that women attending infant children had higher levels of fatigue, and that chronic fatigue, but not acute fatigue, was related to attentional errors while driving.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Attention
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Automobile Driving
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Fatigue
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Qualitative_research
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Sci Rep
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
España