Heat Stress in relation to Sleep Health among Farmers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While high temperatures are linked to poor sleep, few studies considered heat stress, especially among outdoor workers.

Objective

We investigated associations between heat stress and sleep health among farmers.

Methods

The study included 8,203 male participants from Iowa (78%) and North Carolina (NC, 22%), enrolled in the Agricultural Health Study (2013-2015), who were actively farming when data were collected. Survey data on sleep, demographics and covariates were linked to daily wet bulb globe temperatures (WBGT) from May 2013-September 2015. We calculated absolute heat stress by averaging WBGT over 2, 5, and 7 days before the interview. Relative heat stress (i.e., the difference between absolute heat stress and the 92.5th percentile of WBGT) was also cal

SUBMITTER: Zhou W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12324656 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature