Excessive Daytime Sleepiness at Work and Subjective Work Performance in the General Population and Among Heavy Snorers and Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Ulfberg, Jan; Carter, Ned; Talbäck, Mats; Edling, Christer

doi:10.1378/chest.110.3.659

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“…Furthermore, habitual snoring even in the absence of SDB has been shown to be associated with EDS that adversely affects the performance and learning abilities of children (31). We found habitual snoring among 3.5% subjects which is comparable to 6% shown by Johnson and Roth (32).…”

Section: Daytime Sleepinesssupporting

confidence: 69%

Study pattern of snoring and associated risk factors among medical students

Singh

Pandey²,

Singh³

et al. 2012

Biosci Trends

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Section: Daytime Sleepinesssupporting

confidence: 69%

Study pattern of snoring and associated risk factors among medical students

Singh

Pandey²,

Singh³

et al. 2012

Biosci Trends

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“…Work stress, worries and pain are also independently associated with general sleep problems (Kristiansen et al, 2011). Sleep deprivation and sleep disturbance can affect people's cognition and concentration and increase the risk of accidents, and many work-related accidents and traffic accidents are caused by fatigue and sleep disturbance Howard et al, 2004;Ulfberg et al, 1996;Åkerstedt et al, 2007). Between 15 and 20 per cent of traffic accidents are caused by fatigue (Gurubhagavatula et al, 2004;Horne & Reyner, 1995;Åkerstedt et al, 2007;Åkerstedt et al, 2008).…”

Section: Mental Work Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

To Work or not to Work in an Extended Working Life

Nilsson

2010

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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In most of the industrialised world, the proportion of older and retired people in the population is continuously increasing. This will have budgetary implications for maintaining the welfare state, because the active working section of the population must fund the non-active and old population. Aim: The overall aim of this thesis was to obtain knowledge about older workers' work and life situation in association with their planning and decision to retire from working life. Method: The thesis includes one qualitative and three quantitative studies conducted in Sweden. Result: Self-rated health was found to be a better measure than diagnosed disease of whether older workers believed they could work until 65 years or beyond. Health seems not to be a general impediment to working in old age if older workers are satisfied with their work situation and have enough time and opportunities to recover from fatigue. In one of Sweden's most hazardous work environments, older workers were not injured significantly more often than younger workers. Good mental and physical work environment, moderate working pace and working time, and the right competence and possibility for skills development were factors determining whether older workers believed they can extend their working life. Attitude to older workers in the organisation, motivation and work satisfaction were factors determining whether older workers want to extend working life. Health, personal economic incentives, family/leisure pursuits and attitude to pension in society affected both whether people believed they can and wanted to extend their working life. In their final retirement decision, older workers considered: i) their possibility to balance and adapt functional ageing and health to a sustainable work situation; ii) their economic situation; iii) possibilities for social inclusion and coherence; iv) and possibilities for meaningful activities. Whether these requirements were best fulfilled in or outside working life determined the decision to continue working or to retire. Conclusion: If it is desirable for society that people will to extend their working life, both the "can work" and the "want to work" factors need to be met. It is important to provide a good fit inside working life. This requires a focus not only on older workers, but also on organisations and managers in order to provide incentives that keep older workers in the work force. Keywords: ageing, older worker, retirement planning, retirement decision, motivation, meaningful activity, social inclusion, macro, meso, micro, work environment, working life, work ability, work injury, health, public health, diagnosed disease, self-rated health, organisation, basic premises for work, hardware in work, software in work Sammanfattning Antalet äldre i befolkningen ökar i förhållande till andra åldersgrupper. Detta beskrivs medföra en ekonomisk utmaning för samhället och att fler äldre behöver skjuta upp sin ålderspension.Avhandlingen bygger på fyra studier med det övergripande syftet att bidra t...

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“…Individuals who have EDS also have increased risk of motor vehicle crashes, industrial disasters and occupational errors [7][8][9][10]. EDS occurs among depressed individuals and is a predictor of and a risk factor for depression [11][12][13][14].…”

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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Depressive Symptoms in a Nigerian Family Practice Setting

GT¹

2014

J Sleep Disord Ther

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Objectives: Clinically significant Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (EDS) is frequently encountered among patients with depressive symptoms, and a significant association was observed between depression, body mass index and EDS. Incidentally this sleep disorder is often overlooked. The aim of this study was to examine the association between excessive daytime sleepiness, depressive symptoms, body mass index and blood pressure in a Nigerian family practice setting.Methods: This was a hospital based cross sectional study. Systematic sampling method was used in recruiting the patients. The PHQ-9 was administered to the respondents to screen for depressive symptoms. EDS was evaluated using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). The international classification of BMI was used. Classification of hypertension was made according to (JNC 7). Results:One hundred and seventy eight (44.5%) were found to have one form of depression or the other. There was female preponderance. Depression was prominent in the age group 51-60 years, more among the married than the single, as well as those with low socio economic status. There was strong statistical association between age, sex, marital status, level of education, occupation and monthly income (p-values 0.008, 0.000, 0.000, 0.003, 0.000 and 0.001 respectively). Forty five (25.3%) were hypertensive. Fifty nine (33.1%) scored 10 or more on the ESS which was clinically significant sleepiness. Forty seven (26.4%) were obese constituting (23.7%) of the poor sleepers. Ninety three (52.2%) were poor sleepers, sleeping less than the normal 7 hours. Conclusion:In this study, significant EDS was found with patients with depressive disorders and higher body mass index. Therefore patients with a complaint of EDS should be thoroughly assessed for depression and obesity.

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Excessive Daytime Sleepiness at Work and Subjective Work Performance in the General Population and Among Heavy Snorers and Patients With Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Cited by 153 publications

References 15 publications

Study pattern of snoring and associated risk factors among medical students

Study pattern of snoring and associated risk factors among medical students

To Work or not to Work in an Extended Working Life

Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Patients with Depressive Symptoms in a Nigerian Family Practice Setting

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