Sleep Deprivation and Injuries in Part-Time Kentucky Farmers: Impact of Self Reported Sleep Habits and Sleep Problems on Injury Risk

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• Personal Author:
  Browning SR ; Reed DB ; Spengler SE
• Description:
  Part-time farmers who hold off-farm jobs may be at risk for injuries because of impaired performance resulting from inadequate sleep. For this study, 1004 part-time male Kentucky farmers completed a telephone interview for the 1994 to 1995 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health-funded Farm Family Health and Hazard Surveillance Project. Questions were included about demographics, sleep habits, and injury occurrence. Twelve percent of the farmers reported an injury requiring medical intervention in the previous year. Farmers reported sleeping an average of 7.6 hours daily. Approximately 6.7% of the sample had three symptoms of sleep apnea. Although hours of sleep were not related to injury incidence, sleep medication use (odds ratio [OR] = 2.11, 95% confidence interval CI = 1.01 to 4.40) and presence of three sleep apnea symptoms (OR = 2.48, 95% CI = 1.13 to 5.41) were related to injury incidence. These data support the need for further research to examine sleep habits and promote strategies that reduce the risk for injuries caused by lack of sleep. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Farmers Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Safety Management Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Workplace
• Keywords:
  Agricultural-workers Hazards Injuries Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-education Safety-monitoring Safety-personnel Safety-practices Sleep-deprivation Sleep-disorders Surveillance-programs Work-analysis Work-performance Workers Workplace-monitoring Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  0891-0162
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  373-382
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  9
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20034232
• Citation:
  AAOHN J 2004 Sep; 52(9):373-382
• Contact Point Address:
  S. E. Spengler, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• Performing Organization:
  University of Kentucky - Lexington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010930
• Source Full Name:
  AAOHN Journal - American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal
• End Date:
  20110929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a799a0be886d105527b79b3a7c28f2249345e09f33d0601a60cd04895e65e5fa0e5a730ab8eca63cbb65ba608ebe8532f53c49cf66f079b3b65f53ae8fc0da69
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/189531/cdc_189531_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.14 MB ]