title: Performance and quality of sleep wearing NBC protective clothing.
abstract: Two separate studies were carried out to investigate the effect of wearing nuclear-biological-chemical aircrew equipment assembly (NBC AEA) protective clothing on performance and on overnight sleep. Performance at a series of tasks was measured, in six male subjects, during the day (0800-2000 hours) and at night (2000-0800 hours). Wearing the NBC assembly did not lead to significant decrements in performance compared with the normal aircrew equipment assembly (AEA). The sleep of six male volunteers was recorded electroencephalographically on two consecutive nights when NBC protective clothing was worn. Sleep was both shortened and disturbed, compared with overnight control sleep. There were some improvements on the second night, suggesting that individuals may adapt to wearing the NBC assembly.
authors.affiliation: Royal Air Force Institute of Aviation Medicine, Farnborough, Hants, UK.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Rogers
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Bridges
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001143:Arousal; D001288:Attention; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D015386:Hazardous Substances / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D011481:Protective Clothing; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012894:Sleep Stages; D014706:Verbal Learning
chemical_list: D015386:Hazardous Substances