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Question: Among adolescents and young adults who report sleeping ≤6 hours each night, what is the risk for a motor vehicle crash?
Question type: Harm/Causation
Study design: Prospective cohort
Investigators from Australia and Canada explored the effect of sleep duration on the risk of motor vehicle crash (MVC). Between June 2003 and December 2004, all newly licensed drivers in New South Wales (NSW), Australia who were 17 to 24 years old were invited to complete an online baseline questionnaire regarding their weekday and weekend sleep hours, demographics, driving exposure, driver training, drug and alcohol use, and risky driving behavior. Their survey responses were subsequently linked to a database maintained by the NSW Roads and Traffic Authority that contained information about police-reported MVCs. Average follow-up time for each participant was 2 years.
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