THE EFFECTS OF ON-CALL DUTIES ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS IN ANAESTHESIA RESIDENTS HUSM
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Date
2010-11
Authors
AZILA, AHMAD
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Pusat Pengajian Sains Perubatan Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
INTRODUCTION
Cognitive functions play a vital role in safe anaesthetic practice and there are various
factors that affect the cognitive functions.
OBJECTIVES
The aim of this study is to determine the effects on cognitive functions in anesthesia
residents doing on-call duty in HUSM and to compare between demographic factors and
on-call features with cognitive functions.
METHODOLOGY
This study includes all the anesthesia residents in the Department of Anaesthesiology,
HUSM after written informed consent was obtained. The data was collected from 1st
January until 28th February 2010. Four cognitive tests were used in this study which were
Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), Stroop Color Word Test (SCWT), Concentration
Test (CT) and Reaction Time Test (RTT). Other associated factors affected by on-call such
as Stanford Sleepiness Scale (SSS), Busy Score (BS) and psychological Stress Score
(PSY) were also recorded.
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Anaesthesiology