How to Travel the World Without Jet Lag

Eastman, Charmane I.; Burgess, Helen J.

doi:10.1016/j.jsmc.2009.02.006

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“…The typical jet lag plan includes multiple days of treatment (Arendt 2009;Arendt et al 1986Arendt et al , 1987Eastman and Burgess 2009;Eastman et al 2005;Revell et al 2006;Revell and Eastman 2005). The small phase changes reported here are consistent with a single low-dose treatment (e.g., Deacon and Arendt, 1995).…”

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Melatonin treatment for eastward and westward travel preparation

Paul

Miller²,

Gray

et al. 2009

Psychopharmacology

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confidence: 76%

Melatonin treatment for eastward and westward travel preparation

Paul

Miller²,

Gray

et al. 2009

Psychopharmacology

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“…Thus, in many ways jet lag sufferers and shift workers report similar impaired characteristics with the exception that shift workers internal clocks are disrupted on a more frequent basis. There is a good deal of literature advising travellers on how to minimise jet lag (Eastman & Burgess, 2009). There is speculation that better adjustment may be found in people with flexible sleeping habits and that MT would find it easier to cope with eastward travel, while ET cope better with westward flights (Waterhouse et al, 2007).…”

Section: Adjustement To Shift Work and Jet Lagmentioning

confidence: 99%

Circadian Typology: A Comprehensive Review

Adán¹,

Archer²,

Hidalgo³

et al. 2012

Chronobiology International

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The interest in the systematic study of the circadian typology (CT) is relatively recent and has developed rapidly in the two last decades. All the existing data suggest that this individual difference affects our biological and psychological functioning, not only in health, but also in disease. In the present study, we review the current literature concerning the psychometric properties and validity of CT measures as well as individual, environmental and genetic factors that influence the CT. We present a brief overview of the biological markers that are used to define differences between CT groups (sleep-wake cycle, body temperature, cortisol, and melatonin), and we assess the implications for CT and adjustment to shift work and jet-lag. We also review the differences between CT in terms of cognitive abilities, personality traits and the incidence of psychiatric disorders. When necessary, we have emphasized the methodological limitations that exist today and suggested some future avenues of work in order to overcome these. This is a new field of interest to professionals in many different areas (research, labor, academic, and clinical) and this review provides a state of the art discussion to allow professionals to integrate chronobiological aspects of human behavior into their daily practice.

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“…In summary, when travelling east, melatonin can be used along with advancing daily bed-times and with morning light treatment upon awakening to optimize the desired phase advance, especially when travelling across 8 time zones or more. It should also be possible to effectively employ melatonin and light treatment for westward travel preparation (i.e., evening light treatment from about 5-to 6-h after DLMO ) followed by an appropriately timed morning melatonin dose) (Eastman and Burgess 2009). However, the morning dose should be fast release, close to physiologic (i.e., about 0.5 mg) and taken early enough (about 9-h post DLMO) to limit the amount of exogenous melatonin spilling over into the phase advance portion of the melatonin phase response curve, thus potentially compromising the desired phase delay.…”

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confidence: 99%