Effects of irregular wake-sleep rhythm on health, well-being and sleep in night shift workers

Abstract

The research is about how irregular night shift work influence on sleeping an well being, and what kind of problems irregularity bring into one’s life. The research was done in quantitative way as a questionnaire. Target group was chosen to be restaurant workers and the amount of answerers is small. The questionnaire consists mostly of closed questions but there is couple of open ones in the end. Literature review shows there are lots of sleeping problems related to shift work and especially irregularity. Questionnaire shows same things as literature, showing the same problems such as health- and mental issues. The biological side of the body restrains us and sleeping on day time is against the nature. There are also many disturbing things, such as noise and light. Bad quality of sleeping affects the mood and motivation. Night shift workers have more sleeping problems than average people, such as nightmares and sleep talking. Based on the results it can be said the questionnaire followed the line of the literature.