Exposome project for health and occupational research night shift cohort (EPHOR-NIGHT): a unique resource to advance research on night shift work and chronic disease.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The EPHOR-NIGHT cohort was established to investigate how night shift work influences biological pathways and chronic disease risk using a comprehensive working-life exposome approach, focusing on cardiometabolic, mental health, cognitive and biological ageing outcomes.

Participant

The cohort includes 937 workers aged 20-65 years (88% female), primarily from the healthcare sector (96%) in Spain, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. Participants were categorised as permanent day (39%), permanent night (35%) or rotating/other shift workers (26%). Data collection included questionnaires, daily ecological momentary assessments, wearable sensors tracking light, physical activity, heart rate and environmental exposures and biological samples (blood collected once and saliv

SUBMITTER: Harding BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12684079 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature