热应激与农民睡眠健康之间的关系
Wensu Zhou1, Symielle A Gaston1, Bethany T Ogbenna1
1Epidemiology Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences
|August 6, 2025
概括
高热量压力对农民的睡眠产生了负面影响,增加了短睡眠和白天小睡. 需要进一步的研究,以客观的睡眠测量来证实这些发现.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 职业健康 职业健康 职业健康
- 睡眠科学 睡眠科学
背景情况:
- 高环境温度与睡眠质量受损有关.
- 很少有研究研究了热应激对睡眠的影响,特别是在户外工作者中.
- 户外农业工人面临大量的热量暴露,使他们成为一个脆弱的人群.
研究的目的:
- 检查热应激与农民睡眠健康的各种指标之间的关联.
- 为了区分绝对和相对热应激对睡眠模式的影响.
主要方法:
- 这项研究包括来自爱荷华州和北卡罗来纳州的8203名男性农民 (2013-2015年).
- 每日湿球球体温度 (WBGT) 用于计算绝对和相对热应激指标.
- 波桑回归模型评估了热应激和自我报告的睡眠结果 (短时间睡眠,白天嗜睡,小睡) 之间的关系.
主要成果:
- 农民报告说,睡眠短暂 (37.8%) 和小睡 (44.6%) 的流行率很高.
- 在爱荷华州,中度的热应激与短时间睡眠时间的增加有关.
- 在北卡罗来纳州,更高的热量压力与白天小睡的增加和长时间小睡的持续时间的减少有关.
结论:
- 热应激与农民自我报告的睡眠不良结果有关.
- 调查结果强调,需要采取干预措施,以减轻热暴露对农业工人的睡眠的影响.
- 未来的研究应该包括客观的睡眠测量来验证这些关联.
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