TY - JOUR
T1 - Work schedule differences in sleep problems of nursing home caregivers
AU - Takahashi, Masaya
AU - Iwakiri, Kazuyuki
AU - Sotoyama, Midori
AU - Higuchi, Shigekazu
AU - Kiguchi, Masako
AU - Hirata, Mamoru
AU - Hisanaga, Naomi
AU - Kitahara, Teruyo
AU - Taoda, Kazushi
AU - Nishiyama, Katsuo
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PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - Nursing home caregivers (n=775; 604 women; mean age 33.6 years) were studied to examine how work schedules affect their sleep. The shift group (n=536) worked under a rotating two-shift system (n=365), a rotating three-shift system (n=66), or other types of shifts (n=78). The non-shift group included 222 caregivers. Participants completed a questionnaire about working conditions, sleep problems, health, lifestyle, and demographic factors. The two-shift caregivers reported the highest levels of difficulty initiating sleep (DIS, 37.6%), insomnia symptoms (43.0%), and poor quality of sleep (24.9%) among the groups. Adjusted odds ratios for these problems were significantly greater for the two-shift caregivers than for non-shift counterparts: DIS (odds ratio 2.86, 95% confidence interval 1.57-5.20), insomnia symptoms (2.33, 1.36-4.02), and poor sleep quality (2.15, 1.09-4.22). Our data suggest that working under a rotating two-shift system, which has a longer night shift, is associated with an elevated risk of sleep problems for nursing home caregivers.
AB - Nursing home caregivers (n=775; 604 women; mean age 33.6 years) were studied to examine how work schedules affect their sleep. The shift group (n=536) worked under a rotating two-shift system (n=365), a rotating three-shift system (n=66), or other types of shifts (n=78). The non-shift group included 222 caregivers. Participants completed a questionnaire about working conditions, sleep problems, health, lifestyle, and demographic factors. The two-shift caregivers reported the highest levels of difficulty initiating sleep (DIS, 37.6%), insomnia symptoms (43.0%), and poor quality of sleep (24.9%) among the groups. Adjusted odds ratios for these problems were significantly greater for the two-shift caregivers than for non-shift counterparts: DIS (odds ratio 2.86, 95% confidence interval 1.57-5.20), insomnia symptoms (2.33, 1.36-4.02), and poor sleep quality (2.15, 1.09-4.22). Our data suggest that working under a rotating two-shift system, which has a longer night shift, is associated with an elevated risk of sleep problems for nursing home caregivers.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.01.003
DO - 10.1016/j.apergo.2008.01.003
M3 - Article
C2 - 18281013
AN - SCOPUS:43449094635
VL - 39
SP - 597
EP - 604
JO - Applied Ergonomics
JF - Applied Ergonomics
SN - 0003-6870
IS - 5
ER -