Work and excessive sleepiness among Brazilian evening high school students: effects on days off


Autoria(s): TEIXEIRA, Liliane Reis; LOWDEN, Arne; MORENO, Claudia Roberta; TURTE, Samantha; NAGAI, Roberta; LATORRE, Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira; VALENTE, Daniel; FISCHER, Frida Marina
Contribuinte(s)

UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO

Data(s)

15/04/2012

15/04/2012

2010

Resumo

Previous studies have revealed that students who work and study build up sleep deficits during the wrkweek, which can trigger a sleep rebound during days off. The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of working on sleepiness during days off working / non-working on sleepiness days off among high school students. The study population, aged 14-21 years, attended evening classes in São Paulo, Brazil. For the study, the students completed questionaires on living conditions, health, and work; wore actigraphs; and completed the Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS). To predict sleepiness, a logistic regression analysis was performed. Excessive sleepiness was observed on the first day off among working students. Results suggest that working is a significant predictor for sleepiness and that two shifts of daily systematic activities, study and work, might lead to excessive daytime sleepiness on the first day off. Further, this observed excessive sleepiness may reflect the sleep debt accumulated during the workweek

Identificador

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, Lodz, v. 16, n. 2, p. 172-177, 2010

1077-3525

http://producao.usp.br/handle/BDPI/14256

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Lodz

Relação

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health

Direitos

restrictedAccess

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Tipo

article

original article

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