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Sleep and health in oil rig workers--before and after a two week work period offshore.
Ind Health. 2013; 51(2):172-9.IH

Abstract

This study compared subjective sleep and subjective health complaints among Norwegian oil rig workers, before and after a two week work period. The study also compared differences between two different work schedules. The workers worked either two weeks of day shift (n=90) or two weeks of a swing shift schedule (n=93), involving one week of night shifts, immediately followed by one week of day shifts. Overall, the workers reported significantly poorer sleep quality and more complaints of insomnia at the end compared to the start of the work period. However, there was no significant difference in terms of subjective health complaints. Furthermore, there were no clear differences in changes in sleep quality, insomnia or subjective health complaints during the work period between day- and swing shift workers. However, at the end of the work period a higher proportion of insomniacs were seen among swing shift workers compared with day workers. To conclude, sleep quality and complaints of insomnia became worse during the work period. However, there were few differences in changes in terms of sleep or subjective health complaints between day- and swing shift, suggesting that 12 h day shift affected sleep and health similarly to the schedule involving night work.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Waage S
Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Norway.
Pallesen S
No affiliation info available
Moen BE
No affiliation info available
Bjorvatn B
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultExtraction and Processing IndustryFemaleHealth StatusHumansMaleMiddle AgedNorwayOccupational DiseasesOccupational HealthOceans and SeasPetroleumSleepSleep Initiation and Maintenance DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesWorkWork Schedule ToleranceYoung Adult

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

23196391

Citation

Waage, Siri, et al. "Sleep and Health in Oil Rig Workers--before and After a Two Week Work Period Offshore." Industrial Health, vol. 51, no. 2, 2013, pp. 172-9.
Waage S, Pallesen S, Moen BE, et al. Sleep and health in oil rig workers--before and after a two week work period offshore. Ind Health. 2013;51(2):172-9.
Waage, S., Pallesen, S., Moen, B. E., & Bjorvatn, B. (2013). Sleep and health in oil rig workers--before and after a two week work period offshore. Industrial Health, 51(2), 172-9.
Waage S, et al. Sleep and Health in Oil Rig Workers--before and After a Two Week Work Period Offshore. Ind Health. 2013;51(2):172-9. PubMed PMID: 23196391.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Sleep and health in oil rig workers--before and after a two week work period offshore. AU - Waage,Siri, AU - Pallesen,Ståle, AU - Moen,Bente Elisabeth, AU - Bjorvatn,Bjørn, Y1 - 2012/11/28/ PY - 2012/12/1/entrez PY - 2012/12/1/pubmed PY - 2014/5/3/medline SP - 172 EP - 9 JF - Industrial health JO - Ind Health VL - 51 IS - 2 N2 - This study compared subjective sleep and subjective health complaints among Norwegian oil rig workers, before and after a two week work period. The study also compared differences between two different work schedules. The workers worked either two weeks of day shift (n=90) or two weeks of a swing shift schedule (n=93), involving one week of night shifts, immediately followed by one week of day shifts. Overall, the workers reported significantly poorer sleep quality and more complaints of insomnia at the end compared to the start of the work period. However, there was no significant difference in terms of subjective health complaints. Furthermore, there were no clear differences in changes in sleep quality, insomnia or subjective health complaints during the work period between day- and swing shift workers. However, at the end of the work period a higher proportion of insomniacs were seen among swing shift workers compared with day workers. To conclude, sleep quality and complaints of insomnia became worse during the work period. However, there were few differences in changes in terms of sleep or subjective health complaints between day- and swing shift, suggesting that 12 h day shift affected sleep and health similarly to the schedule involving night work. SN - 1880-8026 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/23196391/Sleep_and_health_in_oil_rig_workers__before_and_after_a_two_week_work_period_offshore_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -