Optimizing Sleep in the Military: Challenges and Opportunities

Chest: The Journal of Circulation, Respiration and Related Systems

Vincent F. Capaldi^1¹  Thomas J. Balkin^1² 

[1] Behavioral Biology Branch, Center for Military Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, MD^1;Department of Sleep Medicine, San Antonio Military Medical Center, Lackland, TX^2

关键词: military performance;    sleep/alertness management;    sleep disorders;    sleep loss;    CBTi;    cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia;    PTSD;    posttraumatic stress disorder;    PVT;    psychomotor vigilance test;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.chest.2018.08.1061

学科分类：呼吸医学

来源: American College of Chest Physicians

【 摘 要 】

Historically, scientific knowledge gaps—including a lack of information regarding the minimum amount of sleep needed to sustain nominally adequate, militarily relevant performance, and nescience of the potential impact of chronic sleep restriction on health and psychological well-being—have hindered decision-making vis-à-vis sleep/alertness management in operational environments. However, against a backdrop of increasing awareness of the importance of sleep for sustaining both performance and health, military researchers are currently doing the following: (1) developing a comprehensive, individualized sleep/alertness management system to optimize the general effectiveness of military personnel (ie, without regard to the potential relationship between sleep and specific aspects of military performance, thus sidestepping what has historically been an impediment to development of such a system); and (2) investigating the prevalence, potentially unique etiology (eg, resulting from the interaction of long-term exposure to combat-related stressors and sleep restriction), and treatment of sleep disorders and comorbidities in the military population.

【 授权许可】

CC BY