Weekend sleep intervention for workers with habitually short sleep periods

Kubo, Tomohide; Takahashi, Masaya; Sato, Tomoaki; Sasaki, Takeshi; Oka, Tatsuo; Iwasaki, Kenji

doi:10.5271/sjweh.3162

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“…Prioritizing sleep for healthy work schedules should be on the agenda for health promotion initiatives (Takahashi 2012). The person-oriented approach to sleep in workers and employees so far includes sleep extension on weekends, especially for those who sleep less than six hours after work days (Kubo et al, 2011), and online sleep training intervention (including mindfulness training) to increase sleep quality after work (Ebert et al, 2015;Thiart et al, 2015). Cashiers with sleep problems could also be trained in using cognitive-behavioural stress-management to improve sleep quality (e.g., Querstret et al, 2016;Richardson and Rothstein, 2008).…”

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Emotion Work and Musculoskeletal Pain in Supermarket Cashiers: A Test of a Sleep-Mediation Model

Kottwitz

Salathé

Buser

2017

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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Repetitive movement and a lack of postural change are known risk factors for musculoskeletal pain in cashiers. This study tests emotional dissonance -the demand to keep being polite to impolite customers -as an additional risk factor. Furthermore, sleep problems are expected to mediate the link between emotion work and musculoskeletal pain. Data contains 103 female supermarket cashiers from three supermarkets of a large retailer responded to a questionnaire (participation rate 60.6%). An open question asked for the most negative job facets in daily work. Standardized questionnaire were used to assess emotional dissonance, sleep problems and musculoskeletal pain. Responses to the open question showed experience of unkind customers as the most prevalent negative experience at work reported by 47.6% of cashiers, followed by prolonged sitting (8.7%). Emotional dissonance was a significant predictor of neck and back pain when BMI, age, part-time work, and change of hand function during their shift (work rotation) were controlled (β = .30, p < .01). Moreover, sleep problems were confirmed as a mediator with respect to neck and back pain (B = .21, SE = .10, CI = 02-.22). No mediation was found in prediction of pain in arms and shoulders or hips, legs, and feet. Emotional dissonance in work of cashiers appeared as a unique risk factor of neck and back pain. Work design should pay more attention to the social demands of cashier work.

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Emotion Work and Musculoskeletal Pain in Supermarket Cashiers: A Test of a Sleep-Mediation Model

Kottwitz

Salathé

Buser

2017

Scandinavian Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

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“…Drowsiness, instability, uneasiness, dullness, and eyestrain as the subjective fatigue symptoms from pre night shift to post holiday were evaluated. These subjective fatigue symptoms were assessed by a questionnaire that asked about work-related feelings of fatigue Jikaku-sho sirabe, which was proposed by the Industrial Fatigue Research Committee of Japanese Occupational Health [14]. Physical activity levels (steps and energy expenditure (EE)) from pre night shift to post holiday were examined by three dimensions speed sensor.…”

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“…The subjective symptoms were evaluated at four points; pre-and post-night shift, and pre-and post-holiday using JSL recommended questionnaire. Responses for each component range from 0 to 5, with higher scores signifying poorer condition [14]. Recovery occurs when an individual's functioning returns to its pre-stressor level and when strain caused by the stressor is reduced [15].…”

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Health Management for Medical-surgical Female Nurses Having Night Shift Working

Minematsu¹,

Yamaguchi²,

Nakashima³

et al. 2017

Int J Nurs Clin Pract

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Background: Female nurses are highly susceptive to night shift work. Age, nap times during night shift, physical activity level, and lifestyles strongly associated with fatigue at night shift; however, a comprehensive analysis of these factors including psychological research could not be conducted. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to prove the risk factors for fatigue of medical-surgical female nurses having night shift working based on the data of demographics, lifestyles, subjective symptoms, and performance status from pre night shift to post-holiday. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 97 Japanese female night shift nurses. The data of age, body mass index, clinical experience years, lifestyles, and nap time during night shift were collected. Total steps, energy expenditure, and subjective symptoms; drowsiness, instability, uneasiness, dullness, and eye strain had been continuously measured and evaluated from pre night shift to post-holiday. Nurses who recovered from fatigue were assigned to a recovery group; other nurses were assigned to a non-recovery group based on improvements in total five subjective symptoms between pre night shift and post-holiday. Results: Age, body mass index, nap time length during night shift, clinical experience years, performance status, and lifestyles were not different between recovery group and non-recovery group. Logistic regression analysis showed that drowsiness and eyestrain are significant risk factor for fatigue at night shift. Adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for fatigue in medical-surgical female nurse having night shift were 2.04 (1.36-3.01) in drowsiness and 2.03 (1.30-3.18) in eyestrain (P<0.001). Conclusions: Psychological detachment from work environment is important for recovering fatigue from night work-stressors during night shift. Nursing management should be positively organized for protecting medical-surgical female nurses' health having night shift and for preventing medical error. Health Research ArticleOpen Access BackgroundShift work disturbs the natural circadian rhythms, and nurses suffer from an unfavorable condition known as shift lag and desynchrony [1]. Factors influencing fatigue of nurses have been studied extensively and work-related factors, psychological factors, and demographic factors have been recognized as contributing to nurse fatigue [2,3,4]. It is important for night shift workers not to perturb biological rhythms. Sleepiness and fatigue among shift workers are known as potential risks for occupational safety and health in many industries [5]. Taking a nap during the night shift has been suggested as an effective way to prevent fatigue or other complaints related to shift work [6]. Nursing is a profession that typically involves shift work as nurses are required to provide continuous health care for the patients [7].Especially, female nurses having family has extra burden of home responsibilities and sleep changes strongly affects menstrual cycle [8,9]. Night shift with attention-demanding h...

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“…We tested the hypothesis that extended sleep during weekends would improve performance and alertness during the subsequent weekdays in daytime workers, specifically in those with habitually limited sleep (6 hours or less) [47]. One concern related to sleep extension on weekends is the 'Blue-Monday effects', which is the impaired waking function during the first half of the subsequent week due to delays in circadian phase by sleeping in on the weekend [48].…”

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Prioritizing sleep for healthy work schedules

Takahashi

2012

J Physiol Anthropol

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Good sleep is advantageous to the quality of life. Sleep-related benefits are particularly helpful for the working class, since poor or inadequate amounts of sleep degrade work productivity and overall health. This review paper explores the essential role of sleep in healthy work schedules and primarily focuses on the timing of sleep in relation to the work period (that is, before, during and after work). Data from laboratory, field and modeling studies indicate that consistent amounts of sleep prior to work are fundamental to improved performance and alertness in the workplace. In addition, planned naps taken during work maintain appropriate levels of waking function for both daytime and night-time work. Clearly, sufficient sleep after work is vital in promoting recovery from fatigue. Recent data also suggest that the time interval between shifts should be adjusted according to the biological timing of sleep. Although sleep is more likely to be replaced by job and other activities in the real life, research shows that it is worthwhile to revise the work schedules in order to optimize sleep before, sometime during and after the work period. Therefore, we suggest establishing work-sleep balance, similar to work-life balance, as a principle for designing and improving work schedules.

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Weekend sleep intervention for workers with habitually short sleep periods

Cited by 53 publications

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Emotion Work and Musculoskeletal Pain in Supermarket Cashiers: A Test of a Sleep-Mediation Model

Emotion Work and Musculoskeletal Pain in Supermarket Cashiers: A Test of a Sleep-Mediation Model

Health Management for Medical-surgical Female Nurses Having Night Shift Working

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