Sleep, Fatigue and Quality of Life: A Comparative Analysis among Night Shift Workers with and without Children

The reversal of the natural cycle of wakefulness and sleep may cause damage to the health of workers. However, there are few studies evaluating sleep, fatigue and quality of life of night shift workers considering the influence of small children on these variables. Evaluate the sleep time, fatigue a...

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Published in:PloS one 2016-07, Vol.11 (7), p.e0158580
Main Authors: Fernandes-Junior, Silvio Araújo, Ruiz, Francieli Silva, Antonietti, Leandro Stetner, Tufik, Sergio, Túlio de Mello, Marco
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Age
Biology and Life Sciences
Body mass index
Children
Circadian rhythm
Circadian Rhythm - physiology
Comparative analysis
Damage assessment
Fatigue
Fatigue - physiopathology
Health aspects
Humans
Latency
Male
Medicine and Health Sciences
Middle Aged
Night shifts
Nighttime
Occupational health
People and Places
Psychobiology
Quality of Life
Shift work
Sleep
Sleep - physiology
Sleep and wakefulness
Sleep deprivation
Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm - physiopathology
Social Sciences
Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Wakefulness
Wakefulness - physiology
Work Schedule Tolerance - physiology
Workers
Young Adult
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Summary:The reversal of the natural cycle of wakefulness and sleep may cause damage to the health of workers. However, there are few studies evaluating sleep, fatigue and quality of life of night shift workers considering the influence of small children on these variables. Evaluate the sleep time, fatigue and quality of life of night shift workers and verify the relationship between these variables with the presence or absence of children in different age groups. Were evaluated 78 mens shiftworkers, with or without children. Group 1, workers without children (G1-NC), group 2, workers with children pré-school age (G2-PS) and group 3, workers with children school age (G3-S). The sleep time (ST), sleep efficiency (SE), sleep latency (SL) and maximum time awake (MTA) were recorded by actigraphy. The risk of being fatigued at work was estimated by risk index for fatigue (RIF). The G1-NC showed a longer ST on working days and when evaluated only the first nights shift, after day off (p
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0158580