Digital circadian and sleep health in individual hospital shift workers: A cross sectional telemonitoring study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Telemonitoring of circadian and sleep cycles could identify shift workers at increased risk of poor health, including cancer and cardiovascular diseases, thus supporting personalized prevention.

Methods

The Circadiem cross-sectional study aimed at determining early warning signals of risk of health alteration in hospital nightshifters (NS) versus dayshifters (DS, alternating morning and afternoon shifts). Circadian rhythmicity in activity, sleep, and temperature was telemonitored on work and free days for one week. Participants wore a bluetooth low energy thoracic accelerometry and temperature sensor that was wirelessly connected to a GPRS gateway and a health data hub server. Hidden Markov modelling of activity quantified Rhythm Index, rest quality (probability,

SUBMITTER: Zhang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9253495 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature