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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Apr 22;173(8):657–663. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.351

Table 2. Duty Hours, Sleep, Depressive Symptoms and Medical Errors in Pre- and Post- Duty Hour Restriction Cohorts.

2009 2010 2011
Duty Hours (hours/week)*** 1st quarter 68.76 67.07 66.68
2nd quarter 68.40 65.87 63.78
3rd quarter 68.08 65.70 64.65
4th quarter 67.05 65.41 61.45
Sleep (hours/day) 1st quarter 6.85 7.13 7.24
2nd quarter 6.84 6.51 7.08
3rd quarter 6.87 6.35 6.99
4th quarter 6.82 6.48 6.52
PHQ Depressive Symptom Score 1st quarter 6.02 5.47 5.77
2nd quarter 5.87 5.86 5.80
3rd quarter 5.99 6.35 5.84
4th quarter 5.56 5.67 5.42
Serious Medical Error (%)* 1st quarter 19.3% 17.6% 22.7%
2nd quarter 20.4% 22.2% 24.2%
3rd quarter 20.6% 23.3% 22.6%
4th quarter 18.0% 18.3% 23.3%
*

indicates P < 0.05;

***

indicates P < 0.001