Open AccessScheduled afternoon–evening sleep leads to better night shift performance in older adults
Author(s) -
C Isherwood,
Evan D. Chinoy,
Audra Murphy,
Jee Hyun Kim,
Wei Wang,
Jeanne F. Duffy
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
occupational and environmental medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.458
H-Index - 141
eISSN - 1470-7926
pISSN - 1351-0711
DOI - 10.1136/oemed-2019-105916
Subject(s) - alertness , psychomotor vigilance task , evening , vigilance (psychology) , audiology , psychology , sleep (system call) , circadian rhythm , sleep deprivation , medicine , physical therapy , psychiatry , physics , astronomy , neuroscience , computer science , operating system
This study investigated whether an intervention designed to reduce homeostatic sleep pressure would improve night shift performance and alertness in older adults.