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Work-related accidents and daylight saving time in Finland.
Occup Med (Lond). 2011 Jan; 61(1):26-8.OM

Abstract

BACKGROUND

Recent research has indicated that transitions into and out of daylight saving time (DST) unbalance the physiological circadian rhythm and may lead to sleep disturbance. Sleep deprivation may have negative effects on motivation, attention and alertness and thus it is possible that transitions into and out of DST may increase accident rates.

AIMS

To explore the impact of DST transitions on the number of occupational accidents in Finland.

METHODS

For the study, we analysed all occupational accidents that happened in Finland 1 week before and 1 week after DST transitions during the years 2002-06.

RESULTS

Transitions into and out of DST did not significantly increase the number of occupational accidents.

CONCLUSIONS

It seems that sleep deprivation after DST transition is not harmful enough to impact on occupational accident rates.

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Authors+Show Affiliations

Lahti T
Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Mannerheimintie 166, FI-00300, Helsinki, Finland. tuuli.lahti@thl.fi
Sysi-Aho J
No affiliation info available
Haukka J
No affiliation info available
Partonen T
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Accidents, OccupationalCircadian RhythmFinlandHumansPhotoperiodSleep DeprivationSleep Disorders, Circadian RhythmSuprachiasmatic Nucleus

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

21078830

Citation

Lahti, T, et al. "Work-related Accidents and Daylight Saving Time in Finland." Occupational Medicine (Oxford, England), vol. 61, no. 1, 2011, pp. 26-8.
Lahti T, Sysi-Aho J, Haukka J, et al. Work-related accidents and daylight saving time in Finland. Occup Med (Lond). 2011;61(1):26-8.
Lahti, T., Sysi-Aho, J., Haukka, J., & Partonen, T. (2011). Work-related accidents and daylight saving time in Finland. Occupational Medicine (Oxford, England), 61(1), 26-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqq167
Lahti T, et al. Work-related Accidents and Daylight Saving Time in Finland. Occup Med (Lond). 2011;61(1):26-8. PubMed PMID: 21078830.
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