Feasibility, effectiveness, and acceptability of an afternoon-evening sleep schedule in older nightshift workers.
Laura K BargerYuan ZhangHeidi M Lammers-van der HolstDavina SnoepAudra S MurphyBrian DesnoyersJeanne F DuffyPublished in: Sleep advances : a journal of the Sleep Research Society (2024)
Spending 8 hours in bed between successive night shifts, initiated at both a self-selected time and in the afternoon-evening, increased the sleep duration of older shiftworkers, but most would not continue such a schedule on their own. Additional research is needed to find countermeasures for the reduced sleep duration experienced by most shiftworkers that are not only effective, but also compatible with shiftworkers' lifestyles.