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International Research Needs for Improving Sleep and Health of Workers

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KOGI, Kazutaka·2005·Industrial Health
DOI 10.2486/indhealth.43.71
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Research needs in identifying preventive measures dealing with working time arrangements and associated sleep problems are reviewed. These needs are based on the recognition of a range of risk factors for health involving disturbed circadian rhythms leading to various levels of sleep deficits. The review takes account of recent joint change approaches that address both working time arrangements and various relevant intervening factors. As examples of such approaches, voluntary industry-based guidelines for improving shift work are examined. Also reviewed is evidence indicating the effects of improved working time arrangements and sleep hygiene on the tolerance of workers working irregular shifts. Trends in action-oriented risk assessment are further discussed as the effects on health and sleep of these workers may be modified by complex aspects related to working situations, family and social conditions, personal characteristics and social support. Generally relevant are not only the relationships between sleep-affecting factors and health, but also advances in taking the various support measures. The effective use of participatory steps is found important in dealing with working time arrangements and associated health and sleep problems together. It is thus considered important to study (a) the efficacy of joint change approaches addressing complex sleep and health factors, (b) effective procedures for action-oriented health risk assessment in various work life situations, and (c) the relevance of innovative participatory steps to improving health and tolerance of workers. Future research topics mentioned by the participants of the international symposium on night and shift work held in Santos in 2003 are presented, and international efforts to promote research into these aspects in field conditions are discussed. Interactive research involving local people appears crucial.

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  • The health consequences of shift work are best understood first as a misalignment between the endogenous circadian clock and the sleep/wake cycle.

    “However, the health consequences of shift work should first be understood in terms of a fundamental misalignment between the circadian (i.e., near-24-hour) rhythm of the endogenous biological clock and the timing of the sleep/wake cycle [3].”

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  1. Knutsson A (2000) Association between shiftwork and coronary heart disease: a review of recent findings and mechanisms of action. In: Shiftwork 2000: implications for science, practice and business. eds. by Marek T, Oginska H, Pokorski J, Costa G, Folkard S, 99-117, Inst Management Jagiellonian Univ, Krakow.
  2. Kogi K, Takahashi M (2003) Future research topics submitted by the symposium participants (orally reported at the final session on "What do we bring home" at the 16th International Symposium on Night and Shiftwork, Santos, 17-21, November 2003).

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Authors
KOGI, K.
Affiliations
Ohara Memorial Institute for Science of Labour (JP)
Corresponding author
KOGI, Kazutaka
Venue
Industrial Health
Publisher
National Institute of Industrial Health
Published
2005
Volume
43
Issue
1
Pages
71-79
ISSN
  • 0019-8366 (ISSN-L)
  • 1880-8026
DOI
10.2486/indhealth.43.71
OpenAlex
W2081749650
Cited by
30
References
32
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 3
FWCI
0.45
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Industrial Health (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Workplace Health and Well-being
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Endocrine and Autonomic Systems › Circadian rhythm and melatonin
Keywords
shift work, night work, working time arrangements, circadian rhythm disruption, insufficient sleep, sleep hygiene, occupational health, health risk assessment, participatory approach, social support, employee health
MeSH terms
Health Promotion, Health Services Research, Humans, Occupational Diseases, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling, Time, Work Schedule Tolerance, Guidelines as Topic, Risk Assessment, Sleep Disorders, Circadian Rhythm, Biomedical Research, Internationality

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