Shift work, clinically significant sleep disorders and mental health in a representative, cross-sectional sample of young working adults.

ABSTRACT: Mental health conditions confer considerable global disease burden in young adults, who are also the highest demographic to work shifts, and of whom 20% meet criteria for a sleep disorder. We aimed to establish the relationship between the combined effect of shift work and sleep disorders, and mental health. The Raine Study is the only longitudinal, population-based birth cohort in the world with gold-standard, Level 1 measurement of sleep (polysomnography, PSG) collected in early adulthood. Participants (aged 22y) underwent in-laboratory PSG and completed detailed sleep questionnaires. Multivariable adjusted robust linear regression models were conducted to explore associations with anxiety (GAD7) and depression (PHQ9), adjusted for sex, health comorbidities, and work hours/week. Data wer

SUBMITTER: Reynolds AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9519578 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature