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Shift workers can benefit from adhering to sleep hygiene practices related to sleep/wake scheduling. [12] Symptoms typically only fully resolve once a normal sleep schedule is resumed. [40] Many night workers take naps during their breaks, and in some industries, planned napping at work (with facilities provided) is beginning to be accepted.
Workers operating on nontraditional schedules, particularly those working overnight hours, were 66% more likely to fall into the catch-up sleeper category because of their evening shifts.
Citing studies which have found sleep variability has been linked to increased mental health issues, Holmes added: “Shift workers would be extremely vulnerable to mental health issues given that ...
Working nights affects far more than just sleep. It can affect social lives, relationships and perhaps most worrying, physical and mental health.
The health consequences of shift work may depend on chronotype, that is, being a day person or a night person, and what shift a worker is assigned to. When individual chronotype is opposite of shift timing (day person working night shift), there is a greater risk of circadian rhythms disruption. [24]
The evidence for harm to people who are deprived of sleep, or work irregular hours, is robust. Research from Europe and the United States on nonstandard work hours and sleep deprivation found that late-hour workers are subject to higher risks of gastrointestinal disorders, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer, miscarriage, preterm birth, and low birth weight of their newborns.
Employers have varying views of sleeping while on duty. Some companies have instituted policies to allow employees to take napping breaks during the workday in order to improve productivity [11] while others are strict when dealing with employees who sleep while on duty and use high-tech means, such as video surveillance, to catch their employees who may be sleeping on the job.
High-end health tech sleep scientist warns being on your screen during this ‘magic period’ could have depressive effects Eleanor Pringle January 4, 2024 at 4:24 AM