Sleep, immunity and shift workers: A review
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Sleep, immunity and shift workers: A review
To date, shift workers represent between 15% and 25% of the modern day workforce. Work time poses a great challenge to workers as it requires that they balance productivity and sleep time between shifts. As a result, these workers experience chronic sleep deprivation with increased fatigue and drowsiness due to this sleep deprivation. The impact of this kind of work on the immune system is not ...
متن کاملsleep quality and restless legs syndrome among healthcare workers: shift workers and non-shift workers
background and objective : restless legs syndrome (rls) is a sleep disorder with an association to sleep quality. we investigated the sleep quality in patients with rls among health-care workers with or without shift work. materials and methods : all female health-care workers (n = 540) in four educational hospitals were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. international rls study group (irl...
متن کاملthe comparison of sleep disorders among shift workers and non-shift workers in kermanshah hospital (2005)
background: health workers ability to provide high quality care can be adversely affected by many factors such as sleep deprivation associated with shift work. the aim of this study was to compare sleep disorders among shift workers and non-shift workers in kermanshah hospital (2005) methods: at first, demographic information of the participants were gathered. 653 volunteers were divided into t...
متن کاملSleep deprivation and obesity in shift workers in southern Brazil.
OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to explore the association between sleep deprivation and obesity among shift workers. DESIGN A cross-sectional study was conducted. Obesity was defined as BMI ≥30 kg/m2. Time of sleep was categorized as: >5 h of continuous sleep/d; ≤5 h of continuous sleep/d with some additional rest (sleep deprivation level I); and ≤5 h of continuous sleep/d without a...
متن کاملIN-DEPTH REVIEW: SHIFT WORK Health disorders of shift workers
The effects of shift work on physiological function through disruption of circadian rhythms are well described. However, shift work can also be associated with specific pathological disorders. This article reviews the evidence for a relationship between specific medical disorders and working at night or on shift systems. The strongest evidence exists for an association with peptic ulcer disease...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sleep Science
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1984-0063
DOI: 10.1016/j.slsci.2016.10.007