Heart Rate Change While Drowsy Driving
- Author:
Sang Ho JO
1
;
Jin Myung KIM
;
Dong Kyoo KIM
Author Information
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords: Heart Rate; Sleep; Driving
- MeSH: Healthy Volunteers; Heart Rate; Heart; Pilot Projects
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science 2019;34(8):e56-
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Heart rate (HR) change during sleepy driving has never been investigated. Healthy volunteers who planned to drive a long distance were recruited and monitored with a 24-hour Holter. Six healthy volunteers were enrolled. Their mean driving time was 297.7 ± 111 minutes. Mean duration of sleepy time while driving was 27 ± 24.5 minutes. Driving HR showed a trend for increment as compared to day time mean HR, from 85 ± 5.6 to 89.8 ± 5.6 beats/min (by 7%) (P = 0.093). Mean HR while sleepy driving significantly decreased to 81.5 ± 9.2 beats/min by 9.3% ± 7.4% (P = 0.046). This pilot study for the first time demonstrated that HR decreased while sleepy driving.
