TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - The effects of age and shiftwork on perceived sleep problems: results from the VISAT combined longitudinal and cross-sectional study
JO  - Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
A1  - Tucker, Philip
A1  - Folkard, S.
A1  - Ansiau, D.
A1  - Marquié, J-c
SP  - 794
EP  - 798
VL  - 53
IS  - 7
N2  - OBJECTIVE: With workforces in industrialized countries getting older, the study examined how shiftworking affects sleep in later life. <br><br>METHOD: Longitudinal data were collected in 1996, 2001, and 2006 from a large sample of employees who were 32, 42, 52, and 62 years old in 1996. <br><br>RESULTS: Effects of shiftwork were most apparent in middle-aged participants, becoming less apparent in later years when people tended to leave shiftwork. Nevertheless, a group of younger former shiftworkers reported more sleep problems than those who had never worked shifts. Giving up shiftwork offset a trend for sleep problems to accumulate over time, with the net result of no change in sleep problems after cessation of shiftwork. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Poor sleep quality is a temporary consequence of shiftwork for some, whereas for others it is a cause of shiftwork intolerance.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1076-2752
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/JOM.0b013e318221c64c
ID  - ref1
ER  -