The Prolonged Effect of Shift Work and the Impact of Reducing the Number of Nightshifts on Arterial Stiffness-A 4-Year Follow-Up Study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To assess changes in blood pressure (BP) and arterial stiffness among 84 rotating shift and 25 dayworkers (control subjects) at two industrial plants during a 4-year follow-up, and to assess changes in outcome variables among shift workers at the two plants after a reduction in the number of night shifts during the last year of follow-up in one of the plants.

Methods

We collected demographic data using a questionnaire, examined systolic and diastolic blood pressure (sBP, dBP), central systolic and diastolic aorta pressure (cSP, cDP), augmentation pressure (AP), central pulse pressure (cPP), and pulse wave velocity (PWV). We registered sleep quality. The last 4-14 months of follow-up one plant implemented a 12-week shift plan reducing the total number of night shifts and

SUBMITTER: Skogstad M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9961201 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature