Sleep and need for recovery in shift workers: do chronotype and age matter?

Ven, Hardy A. van de; Klink, Jac J. L. van der; Vetter, Céline; Roenneberg, Till; Gordijn, Marijke C. M.; Koolhaas, Wendy; Looze, M.P. de; Brouwer, Sandra; Bültmann, Ute

doi:10.1080/00140139.2015.1058426

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“…van de Ven et al. 47 ) found similar results among rotating shift workers in the industrial sector in the Netherlands. Workers who had a chronotype that did not align with the shift worked had shorter sleep duration, quality, and longer time for recovery.…”

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Identifying shift worker chronotype: implications for health

Hittle

Gillespie

2018

INDUSTRIAL HEALTH

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Shift workers are at risk for developing serious health issues due to short sleep. One cause of short sleep is circadian misalignment: sleep time is not synchronized with the body’s natural circadian rhythms. Although circadian rhythms are strongly driven by the light/dark cycle, humans have individualized sleep time preferences (chronotypes) based on genetics, development, and external influences. Evening chronotype individuals fall asleep later than average and have a higher risk for developing various noncommunicable diseases. What is unclear is the association between chronotype, shift work, and risks for acquiring chronic conditions. This review is focused on shift worker chronotype and associations with obesity. Because of the paucity of research, other health issues connected with circadian misalignment were included, allowing for a total of 21 research studies. Evidence from this review supports chronotype and certain health issues are associated with shift work, even after adjusting for short sleep duration. In addition, there is evidence to support future research on how shift worker chronotype matched with shift timing impacts worker health. Through better understanding of this interface, occupational health providers can provide more comprehensive worker education on the risks associated with shift work and sleep disturbances.

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“…Further support in the relationship of matching chronotype to shift timing was found in the studies focused on sleep characteristics 20 , 45 , 47 , 48 , 49 ) . The research strongly supported chronotype misaligned with shift timing was associated with decreased sleep duration and quality 20 , 48 ) .…”

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Identifying shift worker chronotype: implications for health

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Gillespie

2018

INDUSTRIAL HEALTH

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“…A similar finding is derived in Blok and de Looze's (2011) literature review; although some differences between older and younger workers are reported, it is concluded that there is no evidence of more shift work problems among older workers. In contrast, Van de Ven et al (2016) found that older shift workers report shorter sleep duration, more disturbed sleep and more complaints on waking up.…”

Section: Analysis and Evaluation Of Ageing Workers' Functional Capacimentioning

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Ageing workforce management in manufacturing systems: state of the art and future research agenda

Calzavara

Battini

Bogataj

et al. 2019

International Journal of Production Research

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The workforce ageing phenomenon is recently affecting most of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries, due to a general ageing of their populations and a higher average retirement age of the workforce. In this paper, the topic of ageing workforce management is addressed from a production research standpoint, with the aim of understanding how older workers can be supported and involved in a manufacturing system. First, the current state of the art related to the ageing workforce in production systems is presented. This is structured according to four main topics: (1) analysis and evaluation of ageing workers' functional capacities, (2) consideration of ageing workers' capacities in industrial system modelling and management, (3) analysis and exploitation of ageing workers' expertise, (4) acknowledgement, analysis, design and integration of supporting technologies. Next, the discussion on the impact of the ageing workforce on manufacturing systems' performances leads to the comparison of some technological advances that are related to the Industry 4.0 paradigms. Finally, a future research agenda on this topic is proposed, based on the same topics classification proposed for the literature analysis. Five different research areas are derived, suggesting future directions for appropriate research concerning the employ of older workers in production environments.

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“…A chronotype strongly correlates with the quality of nighttime sleep. One study indicated that chronotypes more comprehensively explain individual differences in nocturnal sleep than does age [ 16 ]. Children of evening type had shorter nocturnal sleep times during weekdays than did other children [ 17 ].…”

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Nocturnal sleep mediates the relationship between morningness–eveningness preference and the sleep architecture of afternoon naps in university students

Lee¹,

Chang²,

Tseng³

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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The present study investigated the parameters of nocturnal sleep that mediate the relationship between morningness–eveningness preference and the sleep architecture of naps in university students. This study had a cross-sectional, descriptive correlational design. The sleep architecture of 52 students invited to take an afternoon nap in the laboratory was recorded. The morningness–eveningness questionnaire (MEQ) was used to evaluate morningness–eveningness preference. An actigraph was used to collect students’ nighttime sleep data in the week preceding the study. Polysomnography was used to measure the sleep architecture of the participants’ naps. After adjustments for potential factors, although the MEQ did not directly correlate with the percentage of sleep stages in naps, the effects of the MEQ on the percentage of Stage 1 sleep, slow-wave sleep, and rapid eye movement sleep; sleep duration; and sleep efficiency of naps were mediated by the total sleep time in the preceding week. This preliminary study suggests that nap quality was affected by morningness–eveningness preference through the mediation of total nocturnal sleep time. Therefore, future studies should be carefully designed to consider nighttime sleep patterns when analyzing the effects of chronotypes on daytime sleep.

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Sleep and need for recovery in shift workers: do chronotype and age matter?

Abstract: Chronotype seems to better explain individual differences in sleep than age. In view of ageing societies, it might therefore be worthwhile to further examine the application of chronotype for individualised shift work schedules to facilitate healthy and sustainable employment.

Cited by 49 publications

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Identifying shift worker chronotype: implications for health

Identifying shift worker chronotype: implications for health

Ageing workforce management in manufacturing systems: state of the art and future research agenda

Nocturnal sleep mediates the relationship between morningness–eveningness preference and the sleep architecture of afternoon naps in university students

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