Nurse Health: The Influence of Chronotype and Shift Timing

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• Personal Author:
  Bhattacharya, Amit ; Caruso, Claire C. ; Gillespie GL ; Hittle BM ; Jones HJ ; Lambert J
• Description:
  Extreme chronotype and circadian disrupting work hours may increase nurse disease risks. This national, cross-sectional study of nurses (N = 527) had three hypotheses. When chronotype and shift times are incongruent, nurses will experience increased likelihood of (1) obesity, (2) cardiovascular disease/risk factors, and (3) obesity or cardiovascular disease/risk factors when theoretically linked variables exist. Chronotype mismatched nurses' (n = 206) average sleep (6.1 hours, SD = 1.2) fell below 7-9 hours/24-hours sleep recommendations. Proportion of male nurses was significantly higher chronotype mismatched (12.3%) than matched (6.3%). Analyses found no direct relationship between chronotype match/mismatch with outcome variables. Exploratory interaction analysis demonstrated nurses with mismatched chronotype and above average sleep quality had an estimated 3.51 times the adjusted odds (95% CI 1.52,8.17; p = .003) of being obese. Although mechanism is unclear, this suggests sleep quality may be intricately associated with obesity. Further research is needed to inform nurses on health risks from disrupted sleep, chronotypes, and shift work. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Cardiovascular Diseases Cardiovascular System Circadian Rhythm Health Personnel Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders

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• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Chronotype Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular System Disease Circadian Rhythms Cross Sectional Studies Health Care Personnel Health Care Workers Healthcare Workers Long Work Hours Nurses Nursing Obesity Risk Factors Shift Work Shift Workers Sleep Deprivation

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• ISSN:
  0193-9459
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSI - Division of Science Integration
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  12
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059882
• Citation:
  West J Nurs Res 2020 Dec; 42(12):1031-1041
• Contact Point Address:
  Beverly M. Hittle, College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati, 3110 Vine Street, Cincinnati, OH 45221
• Email:
  Beverly.Hittle@UC.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2021
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  University of Cincinnati
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Western Journal of Nursing Research
• End Date:
  20260630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8f1d42b492c494dbe37ea0736747f92634ac9613a4eb186c63594c52c73ebfa3f2acd0a5edd948b17506c343d73adb8263abbc61366cff38634bf82ffe2eb4fc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/223938/cdc_223938_DS1.pdf
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