Sleep of shift workers.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Tepas, Donald I.
• Description:
  A comprehensive study of the effects of shift work and job duties on sleep was conducted. More than 1600 workers from 17 international unions were surveyed. Aspects studied included adaptation to shift work, shift worker sleep strategies, the relation of body temperature to sleep length, sleepiness, and mood, and the relative importance of subjective criteria for judging sleep quality. Models were developed for research approaches for the analysis of sleep. Family and social problems were increased in night workers. Night work resulted in significant decreases in the main sleep length period which did improve over time. Body temperature could not be used as a predictor of sleep length, sleepiness, or mood. Significant performance decrements resulted from permanent night work. Workers suffered from chronic sleep deprivation. Napping did not provide sufficient compensatory function and resulted in more disturbed main sleep periods. No differences were seen for age, sex, or job function. The author concludes that this is a complex problem area in which it is very important to collect data from real worker populations in a real work environment. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biological Factors Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Temperature
• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Grant; Physiological-response; Biological-effects; Temperature-effects; Sleep-deprivation; Occupational-exposure; Biological-factors; Sleep-disorders
• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Final Grant Report
• Place as Subject:
  Illinois ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-280
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00133909
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, R01-OH-000917, 1981 Jan; :1-280
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1981
• Performing Organization:
  Psychology Illinois Institute of Tech, Chicago
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  19790401
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• End Date:
  19851231
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/246067/cdc_246067_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]