Self-evaluations of factors promoting and disturbing sleep: An epidemiological survey in Finland

Urponen, Helka; Vuori, Ilkka; Hasan, Joel; Partinen, Markku

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“…Rumination at bedtime and the anticipation of increased demands may be one of the key factors behind sleeping problems (22). Further support for the role of work pre-occupation in the understanding of insomnia comes from an epidemiological study among middle-aged Finnish citizens (23). In this study, disturbed sleep was not only related to a large volume of work and workrelated fatigue but also work-related worries.…”

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Tossing and turning – insomnia in relation to occupational stress, rumination, fatigue, and well-being

Kompier¹,

Taris²,

Veldhoven³

2011

Scand J Work Environ Health

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Kompier MAJ, Taris TW, van Veldhoven M. Tossing and turning -insomnia in relation to occupational stress, rumination, fatigue, and well-being. Scand J Work Environ Health. 2012;38(3):238-246. doi:10.5271/sjweh.3263 Objectives This study of a large and heterogeneous sample of 5210 daytime employees was designed to shed more light on the work effort-recovery mechanism by examining the cross-sectional relations between subjective sleep quality and (i) psychosocial work characteristics, (ii) work-related rumination, (iii) fatigue after work, and (iv) affective well-being at work and work pleasure. MethodsWe used the Dutch Questionnaire on the Experience and Evaluation of Work and created three sleep quality groups (low, low-to-intermediate, and high quality). Group differences were studied through analysis of variance (ANOVA). To examine the relations among the study variables in more detail, we also conducted four sets of stepwise regression analyses. In all the analyses, we corrected for age, level of education, and gender.Results A series of (M)ANOVA provided strong evidence for a relation between sleep quality and adverse work characteristics and work-related rumination. Furthermore, poor sleepers reported higher levels of fatigue after work, and poor sleep quality was related to both lower affective well-being during work and work pleasure. Regression analyses revealed that sleep quality was the strongest statistical predictor of after-work fatigue and affective well-being at work, and high levels of work rumination constituted the strongest statistical predictor of sleep complaints. ConclusionsAs this study showed strong relations between sleep quality, occupational stress, fatigue, perseverative cognitions, and work motivation, it supports effort-recovery theory. Interventions should aim to prevent a disbalance between effort and recovery.

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Tossing and turning – insomnia in relation to occupational stress, rumination, fatigue, and well-being

Kompier¹,

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Veldhoven³

2011

Scand J Work Environ Health

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“…Another factor of interest in relation to real life stress is sleep, which usually has a close relationship with stress (Åkerstedt et al, 2002;Marquié et al, 1999;Urponen et al, 1988) and primary insomnia is usually seen as resulting from long-term stress (Kryger et al, 1994). In relation to work related stress it may result in problems unwinding and disturbed sleep.…”

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Work stress and overtime work: Effects on cortisol, sleep, sleepiness and health

Dahlgren¹

2006

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Work stress and overtime work -effects on cortisol, sleep, sleepiness and healthAkademisk avhandling som för avläggande av filosofie doktorsexamen vid Stockholms Universitet offentligen försvaras på det engelska språket i David Magnussonsalen, Psykologiska Institutionen, Stockholms Universitet, fredagen den 15 december kl. 10.00 Anna DahlgrenIn Sweden the National Bureau of Statistics has reported an increase in stress-related disorders and sleep problems since the mid-1990's. They also report that the number of hours of overtime worked has increased. Previous research on work-related stress and overtime work has demonstrated associations with altered physiological arousal, increased risk for stress related diseases, shorter sleep, greater fatigue and impaired performance. However, there is a lack of knowledge on the effects within individuals. The general aim of the thesis was to investigate the effect of overtime work and increased work stress on sleep, the diurnal pattern of cortisol, sleepiness and subjective stress in a within-subject design. In addition, it examined individual differences in the diurnal cortisol response to stress. We used a combination of methods -questionnaires, sleep and wake diaries, objective measures of sleep, stress hormones (salivary cortisol) and ambulatory measures of heart rate and blood pressure. Studies followed office workers during two different conditions of (I) high/low work stress and (II) overtime work respectively. The individual differences in the cortisol response to stress from study I prompted study III. In this study we examined two groups that showed different cortisol responses to stress.In conclusion, the results (I) demonstrated that a week with higher workload and stress affects physiological stress markers such as cortisol, and is associated with increased sleepiness and problems of unwinding at bedtime, shorter sleep duration and longer work hours. Furthermore (II) overtime work, under conditions of relatively low workload, was shown to be associated with modest effects on physiological markers of arousal. More pronounced effects were found on sleep and fatigue, with greater problems during overtime work. Study III indicated that individual differences in cortisol response to stress maybe related to fatigue and exhaustion. RESULTS -SUMMARY OF STUDIES 36Study I -Different levels of work-related stress and the effects on sleep, fatigue and cortisol 36Study II-Overtime work and its effect on sleep, sleepiness, cortisol and blood pressure 38Study III -Individual differences in the diurnal cortisol response to stress 41 DISCUSSION 43Work IntroductionThe present thesis is focused on work related stress and long work hours. In 2005 24.4% of the Swedish workforce was experiencing work-related disorders (SCB, 2005). Stress and mental strain were the most common causes of work-related disorders among women and the third most common among men, with 13 per cent of the women having stress related disorders and 7.4 per cent of the men. Stress in working life can be asso...

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“…While caffeine is empirically known to enhance wakefulness at night and improve performance, 4(1.41 it delays the onset and/or reduces the quality of sleep. 32,[42][43][44] It has also been shown that the effects of moderate caffeine consumption (rwo to four cups of coffee) may last as long as 5-8 h after ingestion. 4 \1,41 The results of the present study, with regard to the action of caffeine, are in agreement with those of previous studies.…”

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The prevalence and pattern of insomnia in Japanese industrial workers: Relationship between psychosocial stress and type of insomnia

Tachibana

Izumi

Honda

et al. 1998

Psychiatry Clin Neurosci

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Key wordsWe examined the prevalence of insomnia among Japanese male industrial workers and analyzed the effect of psychosocial stress on the prevalence of three types of insomnia: 'difficulty in falling asleep', 'frequent sleep interruption' and 'early morning arousal'. The study population consisted of male day workers (" = 319) in a manufacturing heavy industry company located in Nagasaki City, Japan. The subjects answered a questionnaire consisting of six sleep-related items and 24 questions related to occupational and private life conditions. A total of 271 men (average age 40.9 years) completed the questionnaire; a response rate of 85%. Insomnia within the month preceding the survey was present in 27.7% of the workers (75/271). Multiple logistic regression analysis demonstrated that different psychosocial stressors were associated with different types of insomnia. Visual display tenllinal (VDT) work overload was significantly associated with all types of insomnia, while 'over-involvement in the job' was associated with difficulty in falling asleep and early morning arousal. Our results demonstrated that the prevalence of insomnia in Japanese workers is similar to that reported among European and American general adult population. Our results also indicate that the use of VDT in the workfield is associated with insomnia. insomnia, psychosocial stressor, questionnaire, sleep disorders, visual display ternlinal, worker.

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Self-evaluations of factors promoting and disturbing sleep: An epidemiological survey in Finland

Cited by 151 publications

References 12 publications

Tossing and turning – insomnia in relation to occupational stress, rumination, fatigue, and well-being

Tossing and turning – insomnia in relation to occupational stress, rumination, fatigue, and well-being

Work stress and overtime work: Effects on cortisol, sleep, sleepiness and health

The prevalence and pattern of insomnia in Japanese industrial workers: Relationship between psychosocial stress and type of insomnia

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