Citation

Dawson D. Accid. Anal. Prev. 2012; 45S: S1-S5.

Affiliation

Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, GPO Box 2471, Adelaide, South Australia 5001, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.016

PMID

22239922

Abstract

Over the last 20 years, academic, industry and community stakeholders have been meeting at a biennial scientific conference to discuss fatigue-related research and policy in the transportation, resources and health sectors. During this period, the research conducted around the world has progressed substantially: we now better understand the basic processes of sleep and circadian physiology that underpin performance; we better understand that fatigue risk management in the absence of any discussion about sleep is fruitless at worst and inadequate at best; and we are improving the capacity of models and other technologies to assist us to predict, monitor, identify, minimise and mitigate fatigue-related risk. At the same time however, the relationship between performance on simple cognitive tasks in laboratory settings and performance on complex tasks required to operate efficiently and safely in the workplace, remains a stumbling block. This special issue brings together fifteen papers that cover the range of areas in the field of fatigue research and challenges us as researchers, regulators, industry representatives and community members to continue the work of managing the risk of fatigue.

Language: en