Understanding sleep health challenges of defence shift workers to design a digital, sleep and circadian management tool.

ABSTRACT: Defence personnel need to be agile and responsive in their assessment of strategic and tactical tasks. Sleep and circadian disruptions, however, can compromise personnel's readiness. Digital health technologies have the potential to provide sleep and circadian health management advice but need to be designed with active involvement from stakeholders and communities. This study explored challenges with shift work in a cohort of defence personnel to identify end-user expectations for a sleep health smartphone application. Eight shift working Air Traffic Control personnel from the Australian Defence Force participated in 60-70-minute semi-structured online interviews. Informal discussions were also held with various defence stakeholders to determine requirements for an app. Defence personnel

SUBMITTER: Varma P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11947249 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature