International Research Needs for Improving Sleep and Health of Workers

Kogi, Kazutaka

doi:10.2486/indhealth.43.71

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“…Historically this has been attributed to adverse effects of long work hours, nighttime light exposure, and psychosocial factors—effects that are still recognized as relevant for tolerance to shift work [1,2]. 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]. While this paper is concerned primarily with the long-term health consequences of shift work, the implications of circadian misalignment between the biological clock and the sleep/wake cycle are perhaps best illustrated by how such misalignment increases the risk of workplace accidents and injuries.…”

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Shift Work: Disrupted Circadian Rhythms and Sleep—Implications for Health and Well-being

James

Honn

Gaddameedhi

et al. 2017

Curr Sleep Medicine Rep

299

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Purpose of review Our 24/7 society is dependent on shift work, despite mounting evidence for negative health outcomes from sleep displacement due to shift work. This paper reviews short- and long-term health consequences of sleep displacement and circadian misalignment due to shift work. Recent findings We focus on four broad health domains: metabolic health; risk of cancer; cardiovascular health; and mental health. Circadian misalignment affects these domains by inducing sleep deficiency, sympathovagal and hormonal imbalance, inflammation, impaired glucose metabolism, and dysregulated cell cycles. This leads to a range of medical conditions, including obesity, metabolic syndrome, type II diabetes, gastrointestinal dysfunction, compromised immune function, cardiovascular disease, excessive sleepiness, mood and social disorders, and increased cancer risk. Summary Interactions of biological disturbances with behavioral and societal factors shape the effects of shift work on health and well-being. Research is needed to better understand the underlying mechanisms and drive the development of countermeasures.

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Shift Work: Disrupted Circadian Rhythms and Sleep—Implications for Health and Well-being

James

Honn

Gaddameedhi

et al. 2017

Curr Sleep Medicine Rep

299

232

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“…This stressful circumstance has been proved to induce negative mental health and mood instability [14,[17][18]23]. Shift work is the common major source of stress in a particular job, which encompasses both occupational and personal stress for instances sleep disturbance, mood disturbance, and reduced personal health and family functioning [14,19,[23][24]. Significant relationship between stress and various dimensions of mental health such as anxiety, depression, and somatic disorders have been identified.…”

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Identifying types of Mental Health Problems and Aggression among Security Guards: Are they Totally Safe

Asghari¹

2013

PBS

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Security guards give service within several ranges of tasks. In the line of duty in various work settings, guards may be expected to maintain order and to detain criminal violators while appointed to a single property or placed on patrol for various sites or territories. Concisely, a security guard may encounter a variety of situations, locations, and behaviours. With such a heavy responsibility and important duties, it is very important to make sure that the security guards are mentally and behaviourally healthy and safe. Concerning these issues, this study aimed to identify types of mental health problem and aggression among security guards. In addition, association between mental health problems and aggression, and difference between male and female security guards in terms of mental health problems were examined. Self-report surveys were conducted among 300 security guards in data collection. The findings identified four subtypes of mental health problems: substance abuse, antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, and depression, experienced by the security guards. The security guards were also reported to be performing physical aggression, verbal aggression, anger, and hostility. Male and female security guards showed significant difference in occurrence of mental health problems. The association between the mental health problems and aggression were also found mostly significant. Concisely, prevalence of mental health problems and aggressive behaviours was identified among security guards. These findings suggest that people who work as security guards in the presence of mental health problems are not totally safe. The findings recommend a serious need for mental health problems assessment among security guards during the enrolment or whilst performing daily duties in order to ensure healthy and safe employer and the public as whole and safe workplace environment. The findings of this study are crucial for public awareness.

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“…Certain aspects of existing systems are valuable while others need to be vastly improved 21) . This is true of behaviours and processes observed directly as well as procedures and processes investigated in documentation of the organisations.…”

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Staying Safe in the Jungles of Borneo: Five Studies of Fatigue and Cultural Issues in Remote Mining Projects

Fletcher¹

2010

Ind Health

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The global mining industry keeps expanding, and projects are often started in areas previously considered too remote. Due to worker beliefs about safety, and the diversity of cultures in remote projects, the measurement and management of human fatigue is complex. This paper reports on five studies from companies in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo, where workers had been killed in likely fatigue-related accidents. Mixed-method approaches, involving qualitative, semi-quantitative, and quantitative measures were used. Participants were 20-45 yr old, had homes of 4.7 people (SD ± 1.8), shared income outside of the house in 80% of cases, travelled ≤3 d each-way between blocks of shifts. A major output was a set of camp standards to help ensure recovery sleep. Another requirement identified was access to leave when family members died, since not attending death ceremonies caused a lot of stress and made recovery and safe work less possible. Demanding work conditions and long work hours were also problematic in some operations. Safety systems should better consider fatigue in accidents/incidents and link its data with hours of work information. The interaction of cultures, stress, sleep, fatigue, safety and individual differences must be more effectively addressed in remote mining camps.

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International Research Needs for Improving Sleep and Health of Workers

Cited by 19 publications

References 21 publications

Shift Work: Disrupted Circadian Rhythms and Sleep—Implications for Health and Well-being

Shift Work: Disrupted Circadian Rhythms and Sleep—Implications for Health and Well-being

Identifying types of Mental Health Problems and Aggression among Security Guards: Are they Totally Safe

Staying Safe in the Jungles of Borneo: Five Studies of Fatigue and Cultural Issues in Remote Mining Projects

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