SynthesisJournal of Korean medical science2017
Night Shift Work and Risk of Depression: Meta-analysis of Observational Studies.
Synthesis in Journal of Korean medical science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 84 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Piloting an Adaption of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia for Shift Workers (CBTI-Shift)
Developing a Sleep Health Intervention for Shift Workers
Who cites it
84 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 175 citations in OpenAlex.
- Chronotype differences in the risk of cancers, diabetes mellitus, and poor mental health among shift workers: a meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Pooled it
- The association between long working hours, shift work, and suicidal ideation: A systematic review and meta-analyses.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Pooled it
- Monitoring Daily Sleep, Mood, and Affect Using Digital Technologies and Wearables: A Systematic Review.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Pooled it
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- Shift Work and Poor Mental Health: A Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal Studies.American journal of public health · 2019Pooled it
- Healthy working time arrangements for healthcare personnel and patients: a systematic literature review.BMC health services research · 2019Pooled it
- Trial
- Association between vitamin D deficiency and depressive symptoms among shift workers: Insights from network pharmacology and bioinformatics studies.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2026Article
- Latent Class Analysis of Shift Work Patterns Among Nurses and Its Impact on Anxiety-Depression Comorbidity: A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Study.Depression and anxiety · 2026Article
- Positive mental attitude and depressive symptoms among medical students and residents: a cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Associations Between Night Shifts and Comorbid Depressive-Anxiety Symptoms Among Chinese Nurses: Indirect Associations via Sleep Quality and Duration.Journal of nursing management · 2026Article
- A Peripheral Mechanism of Depression: Disturbed Intestinal Epithelial Per2 Gene Expression Causes Depressive Behaviors in Mice with Circadian Rhythm Disruption via Gut Barrier Damage and Microbiota Dysbiosis.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Transcriptomic Insights into Late-Life Depression and the Role of Environmental Drinking Water Composition: A Study on 18-Month-Old Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- An interoceptive model of energy allostasis linking metabolic and mental health.Science advances · 2025Review
- Effects of air and light pollution on brain and behavioral function: Potential synergy.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2025Review
- Association between common mental disorders and sleep parameters measured by self-report and actigraphy in Brazilian female shift workers.Sleep and biological rhythms · 2025Article
- The impact of night shift workload on nurses' depressive symptoms: a chain mediation analysis of sleep disturbances, social avoidance and fear of missing out.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Insufficient Sleep and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents: A National Survey of Contributing Factors.Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- Comparison of depressive symptoms among emergency physicians and the general population in China: a cross-sectional study based on national data.Human resources for health · 2024Article
- Circadian clock dysregulation: a potential mechanism of depression in obstructive sleep apnea patients.Translational psychiatry · 2024Article
24 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
This study aimed to assess whether night shift work is associated with the risk of depression by using a meta-analysis of observational studies. We searched PubMed and EMBASE in August, 2016 to locate eligible studies and investigated the association between night shift work and the risk of depression, reporting outcome measures with adjusted odds ratios (ORs) or relative risks (RRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). In the meta-analysis of a total of 11 observational studies with 9 cross-sectional study, 1 longitudinal study, and 1 cohort study, night shift work was significantly associated with an increased risk of depression (OR/RR, 1.43; 95% CI, 1.24-1.64; I² = 78.0%). Also, subgroup meta-analyses by gender, night shift work duration, type of occupation, continent, and type of publication showed that night shift work was consistently associated with the increased risk of depression. The current meta-analysis suggests that night shift work is associated with the increased risk of depression. However, further large prospective cohort studies are needed to confirm this association.
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