在老年夜班工人中,下午晚间睡眠时间表的可行性,有效性和可接受性
Laura K Barger1,2, Yuan Zhang3, Heidi M Lammers-van der Holst1,2
1Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders, Department of Medicine, Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society
|February 26, 2024
概括
老年夜班工人可以通过8小时的睡眠时间表来增加睡眠时间,但由于生活方式冲突,大多数人发现很难维持睡眠时间. 为了找到可持续的解决方案,需要进一步的研究.
科学领域:
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 睡眠医学 睡眠医学
- 时间生物学 时间生物学
背景情况:
- 夜班工作很普遍,并与睡眠障碍有关.
- 年长的轮班工作者 (50-65岁) 在维持充足的睡眠方面面临着独特的挑战.
- 优化睡眠时间表对于轮班工作者的健康和福祉至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估老年夜班工人午夜睡眠时间表的可行性,有效性和可接受性.
- 为了确定8小时的床上时间 (TIB) 是否会影响这个人群的睡眠时间.
- 探索轮班工作者采用一致睡眠时间表的障碍.
主要方法:
- 这是一项三部分研究,包括查调查,现场研究,每日日记和行为摄影,以及后续关注小组.
- 参与者被随机分配到自我选择的睡眠,8小时的下午晚上的TIB,或8小时的自我选择的TIB.
- 收集的数据包括睡眠时间,睡觉时间,以及对时间表可接受性的定性反.
主要成果:
- 性别,西班牙裔种族,儿童保育和时间型预测了采用下午晚上睡眠时间表的能力.
- 与基线相比,8小时自选和8小时下午晚上组的参与者显著增加了TIB和睡眠时间.
- 焦点小组发现,虽然在研究期间是可行的,但由于日常生活的责任,参与者不太可能继续进行8小时的TIB.
结论:
- 一个8小时的睡眠时间表,无论是自选还是下午晚上,都能增加老年夜班工人的睡眠时间.
- 尽管在研究期间是可行的,但大多数老班次工人不会独立保持8小时的TIB时间表.
- 为轮班工作者开发有效且与生活方式相容的睡眠对策仍然是一个关键的研究需求.
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