Investigating the associations between work hours, sleep status, and self-reported health among full-time employees

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• Personal Author:
  Nakata A
• Description:
  Objectives: The extent to which work hours and sleep are associated with self-rated health (SRH) was investigated in full-time employees of small- and medium-scale businesses (SMBs) in a suburb of Tokyo. Methods: A total of 2,579 employees (1,887 men and 692 women), aged 18-79 (mean 45) years, in 296 SMBs were surveyed using a self-administered questionnaire from August to December 2002. Work hours, sleep, and SRH were evaluated. Results: Compared with those working 6-8 h/day, participants working [8 to 10 h/day and [10 h/day had significantly higher odds of suboptimal SRH [adjusted odds ratio (aOR) 1.36 and 1.87, respectively]. Similarly, compared with those sleeping 6+ h/day and sufficient sleep, participants with short sleep (< 6 h/day) and insufficient sleep had increased odds of suboptimal SRH (aOR 1.65 and aOR 2.03, respectively). Combinations of the longest work hours with short sleep (aOR 3.30) or insufficient sleep (aOR 3.40) exerted synergistic negative associations on SRH. Conclusions: This study suggests that long work hours and poor sleep and its combination are associated with suboptimal SRH. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Aging Epidemiology Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Surveys And Questionnaires Workplace
• Keywords:
  Age-groups Author Keywords: Work Hour Biological-effects Health-surveys Questionnaires Risk-analysis Risk-factors Safety-research Self-rated Health Sleep-deprivation Sleep Deprivation Sleep Hour Statistical-analysis Subjective Sleep Sufficiency Work-performance Worker-health Workplace-studies

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• ISSN:
  1661-8556
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DART - Division of Applied Research and Technology
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  403-411
• Volume:
  57
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038475
• Citation:
  Int J Public Health 2012 Apr; 57(2):403-411
• Contact Point Address:
  Akinori Nakata, Division of Applied Research and Technology, MS-C24, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226
• Email:
  cji5@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2012
• NORA Priority Area:
  Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Public Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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