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  • Occupational Health
  • Sleep Science
  • Psychophysiology

Background:

  • Insufficient sleep is prevalent in demanding occupations, leading to sleep debt.
  • Sleep debt causes daytime sleepiness, cognitive deficits, and mood disturbances.
  • Workplace environments often hinder effective napping for sleep debt recovery.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if relaxation techniques (RT) involving hypnosis can enhance short workplace naps.
  • To determine the effects of RT on total sleep time (TST) and sleep architecture during naps.

Main Methods:

  • Eleven volunteers (aged 37-52) participated in a within-subjects design study.
  • Participants took six 30-minute early-afternoon naps in their workplace.
  • Naps were conducted under two conditions: control naps and naps with RT (hypnosis).

Main Results:

  • Adding RT to naps significantly increased total sleep time (TST).
  • The increase in TST was primarily attributed to the N2 sleep stage, with a smaller increase in N3.
  • Sleep architecture was altered by the inclusion of RT during napping.

Conclusions:

  • Relaxation techniques involving hypnosis can effectively deepen and extend short workplace naps.
  • RT offers a promising non-pharmacological strategy to mitigate sleep debt in occupational settings.
  • Hypnosis-assisted napping may improve worker well-being and performance by enhancing sleep quality.