Sleep quality of offshore wind farm workers in the German exclusive economic zone: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the quality of sleep of employees in the German offshore wind industry and to explore factors associated with poor sleep quality.

Design

Web-based cross-sectional survey.

Setting

Offshore companies operating in wind farms within the German exclusive economic zone.

Participants

Workers with regular offshore commitments and at least 28 days spent offshore in the past year (n=268).

Outcome measures

Sleep quality in the past 4 weeks, troubles falling asleep or sleeping through in the past 4 weeks, differences in sleep quality between offshore deployments and onshore leaves.

Results

Having problems with sleep onset was reported by 9.5% of the respondents. 16.5% reported troubles with maintaining sleep three or more times per week.

SUBMITTER: Velasco Garrido M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6252718 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature