Sleep on the night shift: 24-hour EEG monitoring of spontaneous sleep/wake behavior

Torsvall, Lars (författare): Department of Stress Research, Karolinska Institute

Åkerstedt, Torbjörn (författare): Department of Stress Research, Karolinska Institute

Gillander, Katja (författare): Department of Stress Research, Karolinska Institute

Knutsson, Anders (författare): Department of Stress Research, Karolinska Institute

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Wiley, 1989
1989
Engelska.
Ingår i: Psychophysiology. - : Wiley. - 0048-5772 .- 1469-8986. ; 26:3, s. 352-358

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The present study sought to objectively describe the spontaneous sleep/wakefulness pattern of shift workers during a 24-hour period. Portable Medilog tape-recorders were used for ambulatory EEG monitoring of 25 male papermill workers (25-55 years) during days with night and afternoon work. The results showed that sleep after night work was two hours shorter than after afternoon work. The sleep reduction affected mainly Stage 2 and REM sleep while slow wave sleep was unchanged. In connection with night work 28% of the workers took a nap in the afternoon. These naps contained a large proportion of slow wave sleep and were, apparently, caused by the sleep deficit after the short main sleep period. The EEG recordings also revealed that 20% of the participants had sleep episodes during night work. These naps were as long as the afternoon naps, were experienced as "dozing offs" rather than naps, occurred at the time of the trough of the circadian wakefulness rhythm, and were concomitant with extreme subjective sleepiness and low rated work load. It was concluded that not only the sleep of shift workers was disturbed, but also the wakefulness--to the extent that sleepiness during night work sometimes reached a level where reasonable wakefulness could not be maintained. The latter observation is probably of special importance in work situations demanding a great responsibility for human lives or for great economic values.

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