Sleep duration mediates abdominal and lower-extremity pain after night work in nurses

Katsifaraki, Maria; Nilsen, Kristian Bernhard; Christensen, Jan Olav; Wærsted, Morten; Knardahl, Stein; Bjorvatn, Bjørn; Härmä, Mikko; Matre, Dagfinn

doi:10.1007/s00420-018-1373-9

Cited by 23 publications

(34 citation statements)

References 42 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Previous findings indicated that sleep duration did not mediate the association between shift work and headache when consecutive days were not in the model. 13 The present results may indicate that headache needs to accumulate over a few days in order to be relieved by sleep. The positive association between shift work and headache was not explained by sleep length in a recent prospective Danish study, 33 despite that insomnia disorder was found to have a long-term effect on headache in a prospective Norwegian study.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 62%

“…In a previous study based on the same material, we found that night work increased the risk of reporting headache, upper extremity pain and abdominal pain. 13 That study did not distinguish between pain ratings following a single night shift and pain ratings following several night shifts in a row. For the present study, we hypothesised that pain complaints would exacerbate if the nurses worked several night shifts in a row, compared with several morning shifts.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 82%

“…The nurses working several consecutive night shifts in the population could also be selected or habituated to this schedule; healthy workers coping well with this type of exposure. Another explanation for why several subsequent night shifts was not necessarily worse than one single night, 13 may be related to findings that neurobehavioural impairment on the first night shift is often greater than on subsequent night shifts, due to extended wakefulness. 35 QRs was not associated with pain complaints in the present group of nurses, indicating that an evening-to-morning transition was not more detrimental than two consecutive morning shifts.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Open access short sleep duration partially mediated effects of night shifts on pain complaints in nurses working a rotating three-shift schedule. 13 In the present study, we analysed a subset of the same data in order to determine whether working consecutive night shifts was more negative than working the same number of consecutive morning shifts.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Pain complaints after consecutive nights and quick returns in Norwegian nurses working three-shift rotation: an observational study

et al. 2020

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

ObjectivesTo determine whether nurses working consecutive night shifts, or short transitions between shifts (quick returns (QRs)), yielded higher risk for pain complaints when compared with regular morning shifts. Sleep duration was tested as a potential mediator.DesignObservational diary study.SettingRandom hospitals.ParticipantsNurses with three-shift rotation (morning, evening and night), n=679, 22–63 years old.Outcomes measuresDaily ratings of working hours, sleep and subjective pain complaints in six anatomical regions (head, neck/shoulder/upper back, upper extremity, low back, lower extremity and abdomen) for 28 days. In addition, we assessed demographics, habitual sleep and pain complaints, work and lifestyle factors. It was tested (1) whether the risk for pain complaints was higher after workday 3 versus after workday 2, and whether the difference was larger for consecutive night shifts versus consecutive morning shifts, and (2) whether the risk for pain complaints was higher after QRs versus after two morning shifts. Risk for pain complaints refers to combined increased risk for any pain and risk for increased intensity.ResultsAdjusted analyses showed no shift type by workday interaction for pain complaints in the neck/shoulder/upper back, upper extremities, low back, lower extremities or abdomen. For headache, a strong trend indicated that the risk was higher on workday 3 compared with workday 2 for night shifts (OR 1.13, 95% CI 0.99 to 1.28). The risk was lowered if sleep duration was taken into account (OR 0.37, 95% CI 0.17 to 0.81). No conclusive support was found for the risk for pain complaints being higher after QRs, compared with after morning shifts.ConclusionsFor five of six pain complaints, the hypotheses were not supported by the current data. For headache, we found potential support for a sleep-relieving effect on headache after working several nights in a row. Pain complaints were not instigated or exacerbated by an evening-to-morning transition between shifts.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 62%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 82%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Pain complaints after consecutive nights and quick returns in Norwegian nurses working three-shift rotation: an observational study

et al. 2020

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…After night work, the risk of headaches and upper limbs increased; when associated with a few hours of sleep, it also increases the risk of abdominal and back pain. (24) .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors related to the risk of illness of nursing staff at work in a psychiatric institution

Sousa

Zeitoune

Portela

et al. 2020

Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective: identify the associations between the sociodemographic, and work variables, health conditions and lifestyles, and the risks of illness of nursing workers in a psychiatric hospital. Method: analytical cross-sectional study. The sample of 74 workers answered a questionnaire for sociodemographic, work, health conditions and lifestyles survey characterization. The Work Context Assessment Scale and the Human Cost at Work Scale were used to evaluate the perception of the risks of illness in the interviewee’s opinion. A descriptive and bivariate analysis was performed, with significance of 5%. Results: the factors associated with the risk of illness were: insomnia complaints, night work and workday. Conclusion: the associations between the work variables, health conditions and life habits can harm the health of the nursing staff of a psychiatric hospital.

show abstract

Short sleep and chronic neck and shoulder discomfort in nurses

Chin

Chen

Lin

et al. 2021

Journal of Occupational Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Objective: Short sleep duration is common among nurses. Sleep restriction has been associated with musculoskeletal discomfort. However, studies on the effect of short sleep duration on chronic neck and shoulder discomfort in nurses have been lacking.The aim of this study was to determine whether short sleep duration is related to chronic neck and shoulder discomfort. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of female nurses in secondary referral health centers in Taiwan. We applied stratified sampling based on region (north, central, south, and east) to select representative centers for this study. A self-administered structured questionnaire, including demographic data, the psychological working environment, and musculoskeletal symptoms, was administered to nurses. Multiple logistic regression and population attributable risk analyses were performed to assess the effect of average sleeping hours per working day on chronic neck and shoulder discomfort. Results: A total of 1602 (78.9%) questionnaires were eligible for final analysis. The prevalence rates of chronic neck and shoulder discomfort were 33.9% and 34.7%, respectively. Population attributable risk estimation revealed that a sleep duration of <7 hours per working day was the most crucial factor for chronic neck and shoulder discomfort in the nurses, accounting for 8.8% of chronic neck discomfort and 8.6% of chronic shoulder discomfort respectively. Conclusion: Our study found that sleep duration on working days was associated with chronic neck and shoulder discomfort in female nurses. Further interventions are warranted for maintaining nurses' sleep hygiene.

show abstract

Sleep duration mediates abdominal and lower-extremity pain after night work in nurses

Cited by 23 publications

References 42 publications

Pain complaints after consecutive nights and quick returns in Norwegian nurses working three-shift rotation: an observational study

Pain complaints after consecutive nights and quick returns in Norwegian nurses working three-shift rotation: an observational study

Factors related to the risk of illness of nursing staff at work in a psychiatric institution

Short sleep and chronic neck and shoulder discomfort in nurses

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About