Quality of Life, Sleep, and Health of Air Traffic Controllers With Rapid Counterclockwise Shift Rotation

Sonati, Jaqueline Girnos; Martino, Milva Maria Figueiredo De; Vilarta, Roberto; Maciel, Érika da Silva; Sonati, Renato José Ferreira; Paduan, Paulo Cézar

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“…(18) These findings indicate the need for lifestyle changes to promote healthy habits involving better quality of sleep, food and physical activity. (19) The agreement between chronotype preference and period of work and study is also important in determining the work and study performance, and a better quality of life. (1) The chronobiological profile can minimize or potentiate the negative effects of wake-sleep cycle changes.…”

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Qualidade do sono e cronotipo de estudantes de enfermagem

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Objective: To verify the quality of sleep, chronotype, and health characteristics associated with the sleep quality of students. Methods: Descriptive, observational, and cross-sectional study with 204 undergraduate nursing students (age group 18-29 years, 91.6% female). A questionnaire was used for sociodemographic and health characterization. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Questionnaire and the Morningness-Eveningness Questionnaire were applied to verify the sleep quality and identify the chronotype, respectively. The association between health variables and sleep quality was analyzed. Results: The majority of students was identified with preference for the indifferent chronotype (56.37%) and poor sleep quality (84.31%). There was an association between being a student and working, with symptoms of poor digestion, headache, daytime sleepiness and insomnia. Conclusion: Nursing students have poor sleep quality and preference for the indifferent chronotype. Those who accumulate the study/work functions, present more symptoms of poor digestion, headache, daytime sleepiness and insomnia. ResumoObjetivo: Verificar a qualidade do sono, o cronotipo e as características de saúde associadas à qualidade de sono de estudantes. Métodos: Estudo descritivo observacional e transversal com 204 estudantes do curso de graduação em enfermagem (faixa etária de 18 à 29 anos; 91,6% sexo feminino). Foi utilizado um questionário para caracterização sociodemográfica e de saúde. O questionário de Índice de Qualidade de Sono de Pittsburgh e o Questionário de Identificação de Indivíduos Matutinos e Vespertinos foram aplicados para a verificação da qualidade do sono e a identificação do cronotipo respectivamente. Foram analisadas a associação entre as variáveis de saúde e a qualidade do sono. Resultados: A maioria dos estudantes foi identificada com preferência de cronotipo indiferente (56,37%) e com qualidade de sono ruim (84,31%). Houve associação entre ser estudante e trabalhar com os sintomas de má digestão, cefaleia, sonolência diurna e insônia. Conclusão: Estudantes de enfermagem possuem qualidade de sono ruim e preferência de cronotipo indiferente; aqueles que, acumulam as funções estudo/trabalho, apresentam maior número se sintomas de má digestão, cefaleia, sonolência diurna e insônia.

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“…Moreover, evidence from prospective studies suggests that changes in sleep duration may increase the risk of metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, and CVD mortality as well as of all-cause mortality ( 56 – 58 ). Studies have shown that workers with habitual changes in their shift rotations, and thus in their sleep patterns, have physical inactivity, overweight, sleep deprivation, increased cortisol secretion, and higher inflammation ( 59 – 61 ). Therefore, current evidence suggests that the relationship between sleep duration and risk of chronic disease is J-shaped, such that “extremes of sleep duration” may better predict elevated chronic disease risk ( 62 ).…”

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Diet and Sleep Physiology: Public Health and Clinical Implications

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This mini-review examines the complex relationship between diet and sleep and explores the clinical and public health implications of the current evidence. Dietary quality and intake of specific nutrients can impact regulatory hormonal pathways to alter sleep quantity and quality. Sleep, in turn, affects the intake of total energy, as well as of specific foods and nutrients, through biological and behavioral mechanisms. Initial research in this field focused primarily on the effects of short sleep duration on nutritional quality. However, more recent studies have explored the dynamic relationship between long sleep duration and diet. Current evidence suggests that extremes of sleep duration alter sleep patterns, hormonal levels, and circadian rhythms, which contribute to weight-related outcomes and obesity, and other risk factors for the development of chronic disease such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. These patterns may begin as early as childhood and have impacts throughout the life course. Given that non-communicable diseases are among the leading causes of death globally, deeper understanding of the interactions between sleep and nutrition has implications for both public health and clinical practice.

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“…At a second place, we found the dimension Workplace conditions, referring to the perception of a high presence of work conditions that could represent a psychosocial risk factor, one of which could be the rotating shifts (Sonati, De Martino, Vilarta, da Silva Maciel, Sonati, & Paduan, 2016). Also, with close mean values, the dimension Social interactions and organizational aspects, scored in the third place, and this result indicates the presence of factors related with negative social interactions and organizational characteristics at work, maybe be because of the individualistic and demanding job description (Vargas, Guimarães, & Sant'Anna, 2012).…”

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Association between Psychosocial Risk Factors and Quality of Work Life in Air Traffic Controllers at an Ecuador Airport

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The aim of this research was to determine the association between psychosocial factors and Quality of Work Life (QWL) in air traffic controllers at an Ecuador airport. A transversal study was developed. The sample included 47 air traffic controllers of one airport in Quito, Ecuador. The participants answered an adapted version of the surveys "Factores Psicosociales en el Trabajo" (Psychosocial factors at work) and the "Calidad de vida en el trabajo" (Quality of work life) CVT-GOHISALO. The data analysis included descriptive statistics, Z scores and, association tests with chi-square and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. The mean age was 40 years old, and most of the participants were males. For the psychosocial work factors, the higher mean score was for the dimension Work demands (22.94), followed by Workplace conditions (13.47). For the QWL the dimension Wellbeing accomplished through work (36.43) scored higher, followed by Institutional support for work (34.11). The findings indicated several positive associations between the study variables through the Spearman's Coefficient, observing that the psychosocial factor content and characteristic of the task presented the higher number of associations with QWL dimensions, such as Institutional support for work (p < 0.05), Work safety (p < 0.05), Integration to the work position (p < 0.05) and to Wellbeing accomplished through work (p < 0.05). The air traffic controllers develop a professional activity under work conditions that involve psychosocial factors that could represent an important risk for the health, satisfaction and QWL.

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Quality of Life, Sleep, and Health of Air Traffic Controllers With Rapid Counterclockwise Shift Rotation

Cited by 10 publications

References 25 publications

Qualidade do sono e cronotipo de estudantes de enfermagem

Qualidade do sono e cronotipo de estudantes de enfermagem

Diet and Sleep Physiology: Public Health and Clinical Implications

Association between Psychosocial Risk Factors and Quality of Work Life in Air Traffic Controllers at an Ecuador Airport

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