OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to clarify the current work and sleep situations of physicians in Japan and to clarify the association between these situations and excessive @entity25 as well as medical incidents. METHODS: A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among the members of the Japan Medical Association in 2008. The randomly selected subjects comprised 3,000 male physicians and 1,500 female physicians. RESULTS: Valid responses were obtained from 3,486 physicians (2,298 @entity1 and 1,188 @entity1 ). Mean sleep duration was 6 h 36 min for @entity1 and 6 h 8 min for @entity1 . The prevalence of lack of rest due to @entity1949 was 30.4% among @entity1 and 36.6% among @entity1 ; the prevalence of @entity22 was 21.0% and 18.1%, respectively; and the prevalence of @entity15354 was 3.5%. The adjusted odds ratio for @entity15354 was high for physicians who reported short sleep duration, lack of rest due to @entity1949 , and a high frequency of on-call/overnight work. Physicians who had experienced a medical incident within the previous one month accounted for 19.0% of @entity1 . The adjusted odds ratio for medical incidents was high for those subjected to long working hours, high frequency of on-call/overnight works, lack of rest due to @entity1949 , and @entity22 . CONCLUSION: In order to facilitate optimal health management for physicians as well as securing medical safety, it is important to fully consider the work and sleep situations of physicians.

Association of current work and sleep situations with excessive XXXX and medical incidents among Japanese physicians.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'men'] @entity15354 :: ('MESH:C536194', 'Disease') :: ['EDS'] @entity1949 :: ('MESH:D012892', 'Disease') :: ['sleep deprivation'] @entity25 :: ('MESH:D012893', 'Disease') :: ['daytime sleepiness'] @entity22 :: ('MESH:D007319', 'Disease') :: ['insomnia']
@entity25 :: (MESH:D012893,Disease) :: ['daytime sleepiness']
