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Prevalence of insomnia in shift workers: a systematic review.
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- Associations of Insomnia, Fatigue, and Overtime Work With Self-Reported Medication Errors Among Perianesthesia Nurses: A Cross-Sectional Study.International nursing review · 2026Observational
- Early Biomarkers, Risk Factors, and Functional Indicators of Healthy Longevity and Their Relationship with Diet.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Relationship between A Body Shape Index and sleep disorders among the U.S. population: A cross-sectional analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data.The Journal of international medical research · 2026Article
- Mental health and the knowledge and attitude towards insomnia among medical staff in China: a cross-sectional study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Are there lingering effects of Daylight-Saving Time on sleep and health estimates of an Australian population?Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society · 2026Article
- Pilot feasibility testing of biomathematical model recommendations for personalising sleep timing in shift workers.Journal of sleep research · 2025Article
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- Associations between employees' alcohol consumption, insomnia and HR management strength.Occupational medicine (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Sleep and well-being before and after a shift schedule change in ICU nurses: an observational study using wearable sensors.Journal of occupational health · 2025Observational
- Night Shift Work and Poor Sleep Quality Among Female Workers in Southern Brazil: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study (2017-2022).Nature and science of sleep · 2025Article
- The burden of insomnia among public health sector nurses in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2025Article
- Impact of associated factors and adherence to Mediterranean diet on insomnia among Arab men living in Jordan.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A Multiple Mediator Model of Depression, Dysfunctional Beliefs about Sleep, and Sleep Effort in the Relationship between Psychological Inflexibility and Insomnia in Shift Working Nurses.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2024Article
- Association Between Dietary Fiber Intake and Sleep Disorders: Based on the NHANES Database.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
- Nightshift Rotation Schedule and Fatigue in U.K. and Italian Nurses.La Medicina del lavoro · 2024Article
- Changing the organizational work schedule of shift workers leads to improved sleep-an editorial.Sleep · 2024Article
- Relationship between working hours and sleep quality with consideration to effect modification by work style: a community-based cross-sectional study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2024Article
- How our longitudinal employment patterns might shape our health as we approach middle adulthood-US NLSY79 cohort.PloS one · 2024Article
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Abstract
Insomnia is a sleep disorder of high prevalence with somatic and psychic repercussions. The present study aimed to describe the prevalence of insomnia in shift workers, as well as the associated variables: gender, age, marital status, profession and shift work schedule. A systematic review was performed using the descriptors "insomnia" AND "shift work", in the PubMed, SciELO and LILACS databases, including studies that presented frequency of insomnia in shift workers, published between 2000 and 2020, in English or Portuguese, only in individuals over 18-years-old. Review articles, meta-analyzes, studies without socioeconomic information, articles without abstract and articles with participants who presented other comorbidities that justified presence of insomnia or pregnant women were excluded. From 480 studies identified, 5 were included in the analysis, with a total sample of 10,141 participants, of whom 4,183 were shift workers. The prevalence of insomnia in shift workers ranged from 12.8% to 76.4%, higher than estimated for general population. Moreover, a higher prevalence was observed among women and singles, and there was no significant variation with age and profession. On the other hand, a relationship between shift work schedule and onset of insomnia still seems controversial.
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