The Influence of Break Timing on the Sleep Quantity and Quality of Fly-in, Fly-out Shiftworkers

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• Although shift and break timing is known to affect the sleep of shiftworkers, this has not been demonstrated in Fly-in, Fly-out (FIFO) settings which, compared to residential based settings, may be favourable for sleep. This study investigated the sleep quantity and quality of shiftworkers working a FIFO operation comprising of shifts, and therefore breaks, across the 24-h day. The sleep of 24 males (50.43 ± 8.57 yr) was measured using actigraphy and sleep diaries. Morning breaks were associated with less sleep (09:00–12:00 h; 4.4 ± 1.3 h) and a poorer sleep quality (06:00–09:00 h; 3.1 ± 1.0, "average") compared to breaks beginning between 00:00 h and 03:00 h (6.8 ± 1.7 h; 2.2 ± 0.9, "good"). Sleep efficiency remained constant regardless of break timing (85.9 ± 5.0% to 89.9 ± 3.5%). Results indicate that even in operations such as FIFO where sleeping conditions are near-optimal and the break duration is held constant, the influence of the endogenous circadian pacemaker on sleep duration is evident.

著者

• ROACH Gregory

  Centre for Sleep Research, The University of South Australia, Woodville, Australia

• BANKS Siobhan

  Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, Australia

• ROACH Gregory

  Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, Australia

• PAECH Gemma

  Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, Australia

• FERGUSON Sally

  Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, Australia

• DORRIAN Jillian

  Centre for Sleep Research, University of South Australia, Australia

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