ArticleApplied psychophysiology and biofeedback2019
Shift Work and Heart Rate Variability Coherence: Pilot Study Among Nurses.
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- The Use of Heart Rate Variability-Biofeedback (HRV-BF) as an Adjunctive Intervention in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CSF/ME) in Long COVID: Results of a Phase II Controlled Feasibility Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The impact of working night shifts on cardiac autonomic nervous regulation during the six-minute walk test in nurses.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Circadian rhythms in cardiovascular (dys)function: approaches for future therapeutics.NPJ cardiovascular health · 2024Review
- Influence of shift work on sleep quality and circadian patterns of heart rate variability among nurses.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2024Article
- Heart rate and heart rate variability following sleep deprivation in retired night shift workers and retired day workers.Psychophysiology · 2023Article
- Consequences of Shift Work and Night Work: A Literature Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Copper-induced diurnal hepatic toxicity is associated with Cry2 and Per1 in mice.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2023Article
- Following the Rhythm of the Heart: HeartMath Institute's Path to HRV Biofeedback.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2022Review
- Evaluation of the Heart Rhythm Coherence Ratio During Sleep: A Pilot Study With Polysomnography.Applied psychophysiology and biofeedback · 2022Article
- Exploring the Association between Sleep Quality and Heart Rate Variability among Female Nurses.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Indexes of cardiac autonomic profile detected with short term Holter ECG in health care shift workers: a cross sectional study.La Medicina del lavoro · 2019Article
- Shiftwork Association with Cardiovascular Diseases and Cancers Among Healthcare Workers: A Literature Review.Medeniyet medical journal · 2019Review
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Abstract
This study used ambient heart rate monitoring among health care workers to determine whether a novel measure of heart rate variability (HRV), as well as sleep disturbances, fatigue, or cognitive performance differed among non-rotating night shift nurses relative to those working permanent day shifts. Continuous ambulatory HRV monitoring was performed among night nurses (n = 11), and a comparison group of permanent day nurses (n = 7), over a 36-h period coinciding with the last two 12-h shifts of each participant's work week. Symptoms and psychomotor vigilance were assessed at the end of the ambient HRV monitoring period, and no differences between shifts were observed. Day nurses exhibited an increase in hourly mean HRV coherence ratios during their sleep period, suggesting a circadian pattern of cardiorespiratory phase coupling, whereas night nurses had no increase in HRV coherence ratios during their sleep period. The HRV coherence patterns were similar to high frequency HRV power among nurses on the same shift. To the authors knowledge, this study was the first to quantify patterns of the HRV coherence ratio among shiftworkers in a non-experimental (work/home) setting. The results suggest a pattern of autonomic dysregulation among night workers during their sleep period relative to those working day shifts. The HRV coherence ratio may serve as a novel indicator of HRV dysregulation among shift workers.
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