Sleep-disordered breathing and occupational accidents

Ulfberg, Jan; Carter, Ned; Edling, Christer

doi:10.5271/sjweh.537

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“…However, it has been reported that males suffering from obstructive sleep apnea syndrome showed 50% increase in occupational accidents 46) which may relate to difficulty in breathing during sleep. In order to learn more about this topic, we attempted to analyze the data splitting at different criteria response (more than a few times/year versus never or almost never) in the 8 th sleep question ( Table 3).…”

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Sleep-related Risk of Occupational Injuries in Japanese Small and Medium-scale Enterprises

et al. 2005

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A cross-sectional study evaluated the contribution of daily sleep habits to occupational injuries. A self-administered questionnaire solicited answers about sleep, symptoms of depression, occupational injury, demographics, presence of diseases and lifestyle factors from 2,903 workers between the ages of 16-83 (mean 45) yr in small and medium-scale enterprises. Eight sleep habits were queried and dichotomized: 1) less or more than 6 hr of daily sleep, 2) taking more or less than 30 min to fall asleep (Difficulty initiating sleep; DIS), 3) awakening during sleep more or less than 3 times/wk (Difficulty maintaining sleep; DMS), 4) early morning awakening more or less than 3 times/wk (EMA), 5) definitely/somewhat difficulty waking up or not, 6) sleeping very poorly/not so well at night or not, 7) definitely/somewhat insufficient nightly sleep or not, and 8) difficulty in breathing during sleep more than once/week or less. Occupational injury was assessed by asking subjects 'Have you ever been injured during your work, including minor scratches and cuts (Yes/ No)?' Both sleep and injury were assessed over the previous one year period. One-third of workers answered that they had experienced injury. Workers with sleep features of DIS, sleeping poorly at night, insufficient sleep, and insomnia had a significantly higher prevalence for injury after adjusting for multiple confounders. The findings suggest that poor nocturnal sleep habits are associated with self-reported occupational injury.

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Sleep-related Risk of Occupational Injuries in Japanese Small and Medium-scale Enterprises

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“…It appears that they represent a long-term risk. Sleep disorders alter health status and work ability, and may lead to fatigue and altered risk perception which increase injuries 14) . No do-it-yourself and no gardening activity was found to be more strongly associated with fractures than with all occupational injuries combined (crude OR 1.82 vs. 1.28, 1.07-1.54 5) ) among the railway workers.…”

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Determinants of Occupational Fracture Proneness: A Case‐Control Study in Construction and Railway Workers

Chau

Benamghar

Siegfried³

et al. 2006

Journal of Occupational Health

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“…leeping with a snoring partner has been reported to increase daytime feelings of stress, depression [1] and fatigue [2], although there were no consistent changes in quality of life evaluated through questionnaires [3,4] or in daytime sleepiness [4,5]. Poor sleep quality has been reported by more than twothirds of bed partners of snorers [3].…”

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Effect of sleeping alone on sleep quality in female bed partners of snorers

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Salva²,

d’Ortho³

et al. 2009

Eur Respir J

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The aim of the present study was to objectively measure the effect of sleeping alone for one night on sleep quality in female bed partners of male snorers.Females complaining of poor sleep due to snoring by their bed partner and having no known hearing loss or snoring were included in a prospective multicentre cross-sectional study. 23 females underwent one polysomnography recording while sleeping with their bed partner and another while sleeping alone. Their sleep parameters were compared between the two nights.We excluded seven couples because the female partner snored for .10% of the sleep time (n56) or had obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (n51). In the remaining 16 females, sleep time, sleep efficiency, arousal index and percentages of deep sleep (stages 3-4) and rapid eye movement (REM) sleep were not significantly different between the two nights. Percentages of light sleep (non-REM stage 2) and awakening index were lower when sleeping alone (p50.023 and p50.046, respectively).Sleep quality was decreased and sleep fragmentation increased in females sleeping with male snorers. Some females had unrecognised snoring. However, our data do not suggest that objective sleep quality improves substantially in the female nonsnoring partner when she sleeps alone for one night.KEYWORDS: Bed partner, sleep apnoea syndrome, snoring S leeping with a snoring partner has been reported to increase daytime feelings of stress, depression [1] and fatigue [2], although there were no consistent changes in quality of life evaluated through questionnaires [3,4] or in daytime sleepiness [4,5]. Poor sleep quality has been reported by more than twothirds of bed partners of snorers [3]. These subjective complaints were related not only to snoring, but also to apnoeas and restlessness [3].Nonsnoring bed partners may try various methods to improve their sleep quality, such as using ear plugs or sleeping pills, or both [6]. Treatment of the snorer may bring relief to the partner. A few studies evaluated the sleep quality of those with bed partners whose sleep apnoea syndrome (SAS) was treated with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) [1,3,4,7,8]. Improvements were noted in the nonsnoring partners' daytime sleepiness scores (which were within the normal range at baseline) and in anxiety scores, but not in depression scores, after 6-8 weeks of CPAP [1]. In one of the few studies supplying objective data, CPAP during the second half of the study night was associated with a decreased arousal index and increased sleep efficiency in the partners [8]. In a cross-over study of CPAP versus placebo for 4 weeks each, CPAP was associated with better subjective sleep quality in the partner, but no improvements were noted in quality of life or objective sleep parameters (sleep efficiency, arousal index, sleep latency, time in slow wave sleep (SWS) and time in rapid eye movement (REM) sleep) [3].Some couples decide to sleep in separate rooms in order to improve their sleep quality. Among patients referred for snoring or suspected obstr...

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Sleep-disordered breathing and occupational accidents

Cited by 134 publications

References 29 publications

Sleep-related Risk of Occupational Injuries in Japanese Small and Medium-scale Enterprises

Sleep-related Risk of Occupational Injuries in Japanese Small and Medium-scale Enterprises

Determinants of Occupational Fracture Proneness: A Case‐Control Study in Construction and Railway Workers

Effect of sleeping alone on sleep quality in female bed partners of snorers

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