ArticleDiabetology & metabolic syndrome2020
Night shift work, short sleep and obesity.
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- Social jetlag and obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2024Pooled it
- The association between metabolic parameters and evening chronotype and social jetlag in non-shift workers: A meta-analysis.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
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- The effect of sleep and shift work on the primary immune response to messenger RNA-based COVID-19 vaccination.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
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- Association between work shifts, occupational stress, and abdominal obesity in female workers in Southern Brazil.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Nurse night shift work and risk of gastrointestinal cancers.Frontiers in public health · 2025Review
- Sleep, chronotype, social jetlag, and mental health in resident physicians: a cross-sectional study.Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine · 2024Article
- Association of Shift Work, Sociodemographic Variables and Healthy Habits with Obesity Scales.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Time-Restricted Feeding Attenuates Adipose Tissue Inflammation and Fibrosis in Mice Under Chronic Light Exposure.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- Associations of night shift work with weight gain among female nurses in The Netherlands: results of a prospective cohort study.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- The Impact of Night Work on the Sleep and Health of Medical Staff-A Review of the Latest Scientific Reports.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- The predictive capability of several anthropometric indices for identifying the risk of metabolic syndrome and its components among industrial workers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The interplay between the PI3K/AKT pathway and circadian clock in physiologic and cancer-related pathologic conditions.Cell proliferation · 2024Review
- Design of overnight radiology shifts - primum non nocere.Emergency radiology · 2024Review
- Rotating shift work time is directly associated with excess body adiposity.Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2024Article
- Investigation of obesity and its related factors among Chinese medical staff: a cross-sectional pilot study.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundObesity is associated with increased general mortality and comorbidities, it is multifactorial and some evidence has shown that sleep duration and shift work may be implicated in its pathogenesis.
objectivesThe aim of this study was to evaluate the association between shift work, quality of life and obesity among healthcare workers of a Brazilian University Hospital.
methodsA cross-sectional study was performed from April 2013 to December 2014 with 200 workers of a University Hospital. Sociodemographic data were evaluated and BREF WHOQOL was used for quality of life. The physical activity was evaluated using the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), Chronotypes and daily sleep preference were investigated using Munich Chronotype Questionnaire (MCTQ). Venous blood was collected after 12-h of fasting for laboratory tests.
resultsIn this sample, the night shift workers had higher income and were older compared to day shift workers. Night shift workers sleep less hours, had higher weight, body mass index and abdominal circumference when compared to the day shift workers. Night shift workers had almost 3 times higher association with abdominal obesity independent of age and gender, than day shift workers. MCTQ parameters showed that night shift workers had lower sleep duration during working days and also during free days, associated with a higher level of social jetlag. Social jetlag had an association with obesity. We found no difference for quality of life between shifts.
conclusionsNight work was a risk factor for abdominal obesity, social jetlag was higher in night shift workers and it was associated with presence of obesity.
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