Steps toward developing a comprehensive fatigue monitoring and mitigation solution: perspectives from a cohort of United States Naval Surface Force officers.

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dc.contributor.authorLaGoy, Alice D
dc.contributor.authorKubala, Andrew G
dc.contributor.authorSeech, Todd R
dc.contributor.authorJameson, Jason T
dc.contributor.authorMarkwald, Rachel R
dc.contributor.authorRussell, Dale W
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-20T15:50:16Z
dc.date.available2024-01-29
dc.date.issued2024-02-29
dc.description.abstractThis study analyzed fatigue and its management in US Naval Surface Force warships, focusing on understanding current practices and barriers, and examining the influence of organizational and individual factors on managing chronic fatigue. Furthermore, this study explored the impact of organizational and individual factors on fatigue management. As part of a larger study, 154 naval officers (mean ± standard deviation; 31.5 ± 7.0 years; 8.8 ± 6.8 years of service; 125 male, and 29 female) completed a fatigue survey. The survey addressed (1) self-reported fatigue, (2) fatigue observed in others, (3) fatigue monitoring strategies, (4) fatigue mitigation strategies, and (5) barriers to fatigue mitigation. Logistic and ordinal regressions were performed to examine the effect of individual (i.e. sleep quality and years in military service) and organizational (i.e. ship-class) factors on fatigue outcomes. Fatigue was frequently experienced and observed by 23% and 54% of officers, respectively. Of note, officers often monitored fatigue reactively (i.e. 65% observed others nodding off and 55% observed behavioral impairments). Still, officers did not frequently implement fatigue mitigation strategies, citing few operationally feasible mitigation strategies (62.3%), being too busy (61.7%), and not having clear thresholds for action (48.7%). Fatigue management varies across organizational factors, which must be considered when further developing fatigue management strategies. Fatigue remains a critical concern aboard surface force ships and it may be better addressed through development of objective sleep and fatigue monitoring tools that could inform leadership decision-making.
dc.description.sponsorshipMilitary Operational Medicine Research Program
dc.identifier.other38425454
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10673/2451
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesReport number; 23-89
dc.relation.ispartofseriesDepartment number; WFP-548
dc.relation.ispartofseriesWork Unit; N2010
dc.subjectNavy
dc.subjectfatigue management
dc.subjectfatigue risk
dc.subjectship-class
dc.subjectsleep
dc.subjectWork unit; N2010
dc.titleSteps toward developing a comprehensive fatigue monitoring and mitigation solution: perspectives from a cohort of United States Naval Surface Force officers.
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