Giornale italiano di medicina del lavoro ed ergonomia
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G Ital Med Lav Ergon · Jul 2013
Excessive daytime sleepiness works together with other sleep disorders in determining sleepiness-related events in shift workers.
Shift-workers may experience sleep disturbances more frequently than day-workers. Interactions between obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), shift-work and other factors promoting sleepiness have never been studied. The present study was designed to assess the prevalence of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS), high risk for OSA (HR) and insomnia in shift-workers and day-workers and to evaluate their mutual effects on the risk of home-to-work commuting car accidents or episodes of falling asleep during work. ⋯ Development of EDS in shift-workers is not only due to work schedule, but also to the presence of sleep disorders. OSA and insomnia co-promote falling asleep during work and sleepiness-related car accidents.