Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and severity of firefighter sleep quality across department shift schedules. Methods: Sleep quality was assessed using a Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index in a sample of 109 male career firefighters from six fire …
· Firefighters are the group in which poor sleep quality and sleep disturbances are highly frequent (Lim et al. 2014;Barger et al. …
· Investigation of firefighter sleep quality across department shift schedules found shift schedules that disrupt normal circadian rhythms more result in poorer sleep quality, …
· Fire and Emergency Management Administration Graduate Program, Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Journal of …
· in three Southwestern US states. The three shift schedules studied were 24on/48off, 48on/96off, and Kelly. Results: Seventy-three percent of firefighters report …
The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) includes 19 ques-tions that measure seven components of sleep quality: (1) subjective sleep quality, (2) sleep latency, (3) sleep …
Purpose: To explore the differences in sleep parameters between nurses working a slow, forward rotating shift and those working a fixed day shift. Method: A longitudinal parallel …
Few studies have reported on the effects of fixed and rotating shift systems on the prevalence of sleep disturbance. Thus, in this study, the relationships between different …
Quality of sleep was perceived as lowest for night shifts of both plant schedules, and of lesser quality for weekly than for fast-rotating shifts. These results support …
Purpose: To investigate the effects of shift work schedules on sleep quality and mental health in female nurses in south Taiwan. Methods: This study recruited 1,360 female …
· Fire and Emergency Management Administration Graduate Program, Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine , 01 Mar 2016, 58 (3): 294-298. DOI: 10.1097/jom. PMID:.
· Night-shift workers had a higher prevalence of feeling excessively or overly sleepy during the day (22.3 percent vs. 16.2 percent). Insomnia, which is defined as having both poor sleep quality and impaired sleep-related ADL, was reported by 18.5 percent of night-shift workers compared to 8.4 percent of daytime workers.
Sleep as a determinant of health and health inequalities. Healthy sleep is increasingly recognized as a “critical pillar of health” (Duncan et al., 2019) and poor sleep quality has been recognized as a serious public health issue (Colten et al., 2006).Those whose sleep duration is too long or too short are at higher risk for chronic disease, mental health …
· Study objectives: To examine the effect of sleep timing intervention on sleep quality, attention, and sleepiness at work among night shift workers with shift work disorder. Methods: We recruited 60 real-life night shift workers through advertisements to participate this cross-over clinical trial. Shift work disorder was confirmed with interview and sleep log.
· Data from The Shift Project (n=16,000) reveal strong associations between precarious work schedules and sleep quality. • Unstable work schedules are more predictive of sleep quality than working the night shift or parenting a young child. • Chronic uncertainty about the timing of work shifts impedes healthy sleep patterns.
· In Europe, 40% of health-care employees are involved in shift work. The altered sleep/wake rhythm of night-shift nurses is also associated with deteriorated cognitive efficiency. In this study, we examine the effects of the night shift on psychomotor performance, sleepiness, and tiredness in a large sample of shift-working nurses and …
· As to the type of shift work, sleep quality was good in 6-day shift and poor in 21-day shift. Thus, fast rotating shift such as 6-day shift may be recommended to improve the sleep quality of the firefighters. ... Firefighter shift schedules affect sleep quality. J Occup Environ Med, 58 (2016), pp. 294-298. View Record in Scopus Google Scholar ...
· Whilst most often thought of as an issue for shift workers, this study observed that self-reported insufficient sleep and fatigue were prevalent for workers on standard daytime schedules. Using a representative sample of 573 daytime workers (51.3% men; 70.7% aged 25−54 yr) from one Australian state, it was observed that 26.4% of daytime ...
· The internal factors that affect sleep quality include physical pain, stress, mental health issues, snoring, and sleep disorders. The external factors include light, jet lag, medications, sleep environment, sleep schedule, caffeine and alcohol, and certain foods. We list the factors that affect sleep quality below:
· Rotational shift work is associated with sleep disturbances, increased risk of cardiovascular and psychological disorders, and may negatively impact work–life balance. The direction of shift rotation …
· Fire and Emergency Management Administration Graduate Program, Department of Political Science, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine , 01 Mar 2016, 58 (3): 294-298. DOI: 10.1097/jom. PMID:.
H1 0, is that sleep quality will be reported as good regardless of shift schedule. Our second hypothesis, H2, is that sleep quality decreases with shift schedules that cause greater circadian dysrhythmia. The null hypothesis, H2 0, is that sleep quality does not decrease with shift schedules that increase circadian dysrhythmia.
· The 24on/48off shift schedule is associated with the best sleep quality and the Kelly shift schedule is associated with the poorest sleep quality. Working second jobs during time off can contribute to poor sleep quality. Further studies are required to investigate the influence of factors other than shift schedule on sleep quality.
The effects of fire department shift schedules on sleep quality @inproceedings{Billings2014TheEO, title={The effects of fire department shift schedules on sleep quality}, author={Joel M Billings}, year={2014} } Joel M Billings; Published 1 July 2014; Psychology; shareok.org. Save to Library Save.
Results from the analysis revealed that shift workers’ sleep quality tends to suffer more greatly, the further away the sleep occurs from one’s natural sleeping window. For instance, an individual whose natural sleeping window is 11pm-7am would tend to get poorer quality sleep when required to sleep in the middle of the day.
· Shift work is associated with impaired alertness and performance due to sleep loss and circadian misalignment. This study examined sleep between shift types (day, evening, night), and alertness ...
· Policymakers, advocates, and researchers are increasingly paying attention to the role work schedules play in the lives of low-wage workers. They find that regular, predictable schedules are rare in the retail field. In fact, typical retail workers have little input into their hours, receive fewer than three days’ notice of their schedules, and face …
In a recent paper, we use Shift data to explore the relationship between exposure to routine schedule instability and measures of worker health and wellbeing – in particular, psychological distress, poor sleep quality, and …
· The authors concluded that age and circadian rhythmicity were 2 major factors for sleep duration and quality and reported that age influenced sleep duration in a shift-specific manner, corroborating that the correlation between diurnal type and age (the older, the earlier) drives the effect of diurnal type rather than representing a factor on ...
· Sleep schedules. Night shift workers should try to stay on the same sleep schedule every day of the week. This means that you don't change your sleep time on days off. Keeping a regular schedule will help align your body clock with your sleep pattern. This will increase the quality of your sleep. Sleeping at night during days off disrupts your ...
H1 0, is that sleep quality will be reported as good regardless of shift schedule. Our second hypothesis, H2, is that sleep quality decreases with shift schedules that cause greater circadian dysrhythmia. The null hypothesis, H2 0, is that sleep quality does not decrease with shift schedules that increase circadian dysrhythmia.
· The three shift schedules studied were 24on/48off, 48on/96off, and Kelly. Results Seventy-three percent of firefighters report poor sleep quality. The 24on/48off shift schedule is associated with the best sleep quality and Kelly is associated with the worst sleep quality.
· The 24on/48off shift schedule is associated with the best sleep quality and the Kelly shift schedule is associated with the poorest sleep quality. Working second jobs during time off can contribute to poor sleep quality. Further studies are required to investigate the influence of factors other than shift schedule on sleep quality.
The purpose of this study is to investigate how fire department shift schedules affect sleep quality as measured using a modification of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Poor sleep quality increases sleep deprivation. Acute effects of sleep deprivation include a decrease in performance, alertness, cognitive thinking, reaction speed ...
· It is potentially useful to understand specifically how various shift work schedules affect sleep and other work, sleep, and health-related factors in Hispanics/Latinos. To develop countermeasures or interventions to improve sleep in shift workers, it is important to have an understanding of the characteristics of sleep that are …
· 1. Most shift work has a negative effect on sleep quality and sleep duration, particularly those personnel who work early morning or night shifts. 2. Emergency responders need a chance to recover ...
age.26 The associations between sleep quality and the variables of time schedules and demographic and health-related variables were analyzed using Pearson's x2 test (or Fisher Ex-act test). To adjust for confounding variables, the relation between sleep quality and shift work was studied using logistic regressions. The multi-
· Recently updated on June 21st, 2018 at 11:17 am. The night shift, or shift work, is not only more common than many might think, but it is on the rise.If we include evening shifts, one-fifth of employed Americans work either the “graveyard shift,” primarily evening work hours or a rotating shift schedule. Moreover, one-third of all dual-income couples …
· Sleep duration and sleep quality were significantly correlated in both males (r (41) = 0.85, p < 0.00001) and females (r (43) = 0.64, p < 0.00001), but this correlation was stronger in males (Z ...
· Rotational shift work is associated with sleep disturbances, increased risk of cardiovascular and psychological disorders, and may negatively impact work–life balance. The direction of shift rotation (Clockwise, CW or counterclockwise, CCW) and its role in these disorders are poorly understood. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect …