The prevalence of excessive sleepiness is higher in shift workers than in patients with obstructive sleep apnea.

This study emphasizes the presence of EDS in a shift work group of civil aviation professionals, which exceeded the EDS level of a positive control group of OSA patients. Sleep hygiene education for companies' workers and management is important and mitigation strategies should be implemented to reduce excessive sleepiness among workers. PMID: 32395904 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32395904?dopt=Abstract

Source: Journal of Sleep Research - May 11, 2020 Category: Sleep Medicine Authors: Reis C, Staats R, Pellegrino P, Alvarenga TA, Bárbara C, Paiva T Tags: J Sleep Res Source Type: research