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Filter by:In an exploratory observational pilot study, the investigators will focus on the effects of short-term circadian misalignment induced by shift work on multidimensional measurements including glucose excursion, metabolic health, circadian rhythms (measured in vitro and in vivo), sleep/wake cycles and ambient light, eating and activity patterns, well-being and attention.
The project will contribute with new knowledge concerning how short rest periods between two consecutive shifts (<11h, often defined as a Quick Return (QR)) affects sleep and cognitive performance. The study will further examine whether individual differences in personality traits and genotypes may explain individual differences in performance and sleep. Data will be collected with a randomized cross-over design, in an experimental laboratory setting.
This study will recruit 60 night shift workers with shift work disorder. They will be invited to wear actigraphy for 3 weeks. In the first week the participants will sleep at the time they used to, and their chronotype will be determined by actigraphy and Munich Chronotype Questionnaire. In the second week the participants will be randomly assigned to morning sleep or evening sleep time, and will change to the other in the third week. We will compare sleepiness, sleep quality, daytime vigilance score changes using mixed method ANOVA. We will also examine the interaction effect of chronotype and sleep schedule on sleep-related outcome.