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Effects of Napping on Sleepiness and Sleep-Related Performance Deficits in Night-Shift Workers
- Source :
- Biological Research For Nursing. 16:134-142
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2013.
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Abstract
- Night-shift workers are prone to sleep deprivation, misalignment of circadian rhythms, and subsequent sleepiness and sleep-related performance deficits. The purpose of this narrative systematic review is to critically review and synthesize the scientific literature regarding improvements in sleepiness and sleep-related performance deficits following planned naps taken during work-shift hours by night workers and to recommend directions for future research and practice. We conducted a literature search using the Medline, PsychInfo, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, and Health and Safety Science Abstracts databases and included English-language quasi-experimental and experimental studies that evaluated the effects of a nighttime nap taken during a simulated or actual night-work shift. We identified 13 relevant studies, which consisted primarily of small samples and mixed designs. Most investigators found that, despite short periods of sleep inertia immediately following naps, night-shift napping led to decreased sleepiness and improved sleep-related performance. None of the studies examined the effects of naps on safety outcomes in the workplace. Larger-scale randomized clinical trials of night-shift napping and direct safety outcomes are needed prior to wider implementation.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
Research and Theory
Sleep inertia
MEDLINE
CINAHL
Cochrane Library
Article
Occupational safety and health
law.invention
Nap
Sleep deprivation
Randomized controlled trial
law
Work Schedule Tolerance
medicine
Physical therapy
Humans
Sleep Deprivation
medicine.symptom
Sleep
Psychology
Fatigue
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15524175 and 10998004
- Volume :
- 16
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Biological Research For Nursing
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4ca0c0cb06a4a5f4578329a9ab9789e4