Sleep reduction in night-shift workers: is it sleep deprivation or a sleep disturbance disorder?
Abstract
Two explanations of the reported reduction in night-shift workers' sleep length have emerged. One argues that these reductions in sleep are related to sleep disturbances which may require medical treatment as disorders. The other argues that sleep reduction is mainly due to a sleep deficit caused by the voluntary choice to delay sleep onset and reduce the sleep duration which requires a systems approach aimed at increasing sleep length and reducing the effect of a sleep deficit at the workplace. Using survey data from 1078 industrial shift workers, this study demonstrates that permanent night workers reporting sleep difficulties, as well as those who do not, report sleep reductions. This finding is interpreted as supporting, in part, the position that night-shift workers suffer primarily from a self-induced sleep deficit.
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As globalization and technology penetrate society, sleep-related beliefs and practices can change, including longer working hours, shift work, and discouraging naps.
“As globalization and technology penetrate society, sleep-related beliefs and practices can change, including the provision of longer working hours,113–120 shift work,121–124 and discouraging otherwise culturally appropriate naps.125–127”
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“This is relevant to the current discussion since shift work is very frequently associated with abbreviated or otherwise disturbed sleep (Ferguson et al., 2012; Lin et al., 2012; Machi et al., 2012; Mahan et al., 1990; Roach et al., 2012).”
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- Authors
- Mahan, R. P., Carvalhais, A. B., & Queen, S. E.
- Affiliations
- University of Georgia (US)
- University of Connecticut (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mahan, Robert P.
- Venue
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1990-06
- Volume
- 70
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 723-730
- ISSN
- 0031-5125 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-688X
- OpenAlex
- W2047895250
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 1.47
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Perceptual and Motor Skills (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and related disorders
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
- Keywords
- night shift workers, sleep reduction, sleep deprivation, shift work, industrial workers, sleep duration
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Arousal, Circadian Rhythm, Female, Humans, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Male, Middle Aged, Sleep Deprivation, Work, Work Schedule Tolerance
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