Readiness to Perform testing: A critical analysis of the concept and current practices.

Gilliland, Kirby; Schlegel, Robert E.

doi:10.1037/e449312004-001

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“…In the meantime, objective behavioral assays could be used to assess the degree of sleep loss-induced impairment, and—due to its favorable properties outlined above—the PVT is currently the best candidate for such an assay [ 25 ]. The PVT could also be a valuable fit-for-duty or readiness-to-perform tool in workplace settings [ 26 ].…”

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confidence: 99%

Ultra-short objective alertness assessment: an adaptive duration version of the 3 minute PVT (PVT-BA) accurately tracks changes in psychomotor vigilance induced by sleep restriction

Basner

2022

SLEEP Advances

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Study objectives The Psychomotor Vigilance Test (PVT) is a widely used and sensitive assay of the cognitive deficits associated with sleep loss and circadian misalignment. As even shorter versions of the PVT are often considered too long, I developed and validated an adaptive duration version of the 3 min PVT (PVT-BA). Methods The PVT-BA algorithm was trained on data from 31 subjects participating in a total sleep deprivation protocol and validated in 43 subjects undergoing 5 days of partial sleep restriction under controlled laboratory conditions. With each subject response, the algorithm updated the odds of the test being high, medium or low performance based on lapses plus false starts on the full 3 min PVT-B. Results With a decision threshold of 99.619%, PVT-BA classified 95.1% of training data tests correctly without incorrect classifications across two performance categories (i.e., high as low or low as high) and resulted in an average test duration of 1 min 43 s with a minimum duration of 16.4 s. Agreement corrected for chance between PVT-B and PVT-BA was “almost perfect” for both the training (kappa=0.92) and validation data (kappa=0.85). Across the three performance categories and data sets, sensitivity averaged 92.2% (range 74.9%-100%) and specificity averaged 96.0% (range 88.3%-99.2%). Conclusions PVT-BA is an accurate adaptive version of PVT-B and, to my knowledge, the shortest version to date that maintains key properties of the standard 10 min duration PVT. PVT-BA will facilitate the use of the PVT in settings in which it was previously considered impractical.

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Ultra-short objective alertness assessment: an adaptive duration version of the 3 minute PVT (PVT-BA) accurately tracks changes in psychomotor vigilance induced by sleep restriction

Basner

2022

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“…Fitness-for-duty tests are usually single cognitive tests (or multiple short tests) administered at the beginning of the work period to determine whether an employee is able to perform his or her job duties. Originally introduced because they were considered less intrusive than urine drug screening (Gilliland & Schlegel, 1993), these tests need to fulfill a number of criteria to be useful in the operational environment, including high sensitivity, specificity, and reliability and few aptitude and practice effects. The tests should be brief and cheap, provide immediate feedback, and have face validity (for employee acceptance).…”

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Integration of sleep need and fatigue mitigation into human systems operation.

Abe¹,

Goel²,

Basner³

et al. 2015

APA Handbook of Human Systems Integration.

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Fatigue is the word used by the public and throughout government, industry, and labor to indicate the effects of working too long, following too little rest, and being unable to sustain a certain level of performance on a task (Dinges, 1995). These issues overlap extensively with those that relate to sleepiness and its performance effects, and consequently, sleepiness and fatigue are used interchangeably in this chapter.

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“…In addition, the number of vendors marketing these tests and test batteries for purposes of FFD testing has increased. Government agencies and research programs are currently evaluating this body of literature and vendor materials to determine the feasibility of performance-based tests for safety-sensitive jobs (e.g., Federal Aviation Administration and National Research Council; see Gilliland andShelegal, 1993, andBittner et al, 1993). There is also evidence that these tests are being used in some industries to screen out impaired workers on a daily basis.…”

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Fitness for duty in the nuclear industry: Update of the technical issues 1996

Durbin¹,

Grant

1996

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The purpose of this report is to provide an update of information on the technical issues surrounding the creation, implementation, and maintenance of fitness-forduty (FFD) policies and programs. It has been prepared as a resource for Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and nuclear power plant personnel who deal with FFD programs. It contains a general overview and update on the technical issues that the NRC considered prior to the publication of its original FFD rule and the revisions to that rule (presented in earlier NUREGKRs). It also includes chapters that address issues about which there is growing concern and/or about which there have been substantial changes since NUREGKR-5784 was published. Although this report is intended to support the NRC's rule making on fitness for duty, the conclusions of the authors of this report are their own and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the NRC.iii NURElG/CR-6470

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Readiness to Perform testing: A critical analysis of the concept and current practices.

Cited by 6 publications

References 64 publications

Ultra-short objective alertness assessment: an adaptive duration version of the 3 minute PVT (PVT-BA) accurately tracks changes in psychomotor vigilance induced by sleep restriction

Ultra-short objective alertness assessment: an adaptive duration version of the 3 minute PVT (PVT-BA) accurately tracks changes in psychomotor vigilance induced by sleep restriction

Integration of sleep need and fatigue mitigation into human systems operation.

Fitness for duty in the nuclear industry: Update of the technical issues 1996

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