Prior-Night Sleep Predicts Next-Day Sedentary Behavior as a Function of Work Duration in Public Safety Telecommunicators.

ABSTRACT: Public safety telecommunicators are at significant risk for obesity and other health conditions, which can likely be attributed to high-intensity job functions that occur in seated positions for long work hours. However, the interactions between these variables, as well as the role of recovery sleep, remains underexplored. We hypothesized that work duration would moderate the daily relationship between prior-night sleep and next day sedentary behavior. To test this hypothesis, actigraphic estimates of sleep and activity were gathered in 47 public safety telecommunicators over an average of 11 days (n = 525 cases). Results indicated that participants spent more time sedentary when they had less efficient, prior-night sleep in combination with both longer shifts or longer-than-usual s

SUBMITTER: Haynes PL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11483482 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature