Relationship between insomnia and rest time between shifts among shift workers: A multicenter cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

A rest time of less than 11 h taken by a shift worker between shifts is defined as quick return (QR). QR is shown to decrease sleep time by virtue of decreasing rest time, diminishing sleepiness and exhaustion, and increasing the number of sick days taken by employees. Therefore, in this multicenter retrospective study, the association between QR and the incidence of insomnia was established using the night-shift questionnaire from the Korean Workers Health Examination-Common Data Model.

Methods

Three hospitals collected the night-shift profiles and baseline demographic data of 33 669 workers between January 2015 and December 2017. The most recent date of examination was used for participants who had been examined multiple times at the same institution. We used mu

SUBMITTER: Sim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9262315 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature