Even if the findings suggest that previous night shift work is a risk factor for dementia, they do not demonstrate that it is a causal risk factor; numerous other individual and exposure factors associated with night shift work may be equally or more important....
Only three studies provided information on intensity (night shifts per week, month or year) of night shift work.48,52,53 Four studies stratified the results by menopausal status,45,47,50,54 and three of the studies tended to observe the highest risk in post-menopausal women or women over ...
We’ll discuss how to adjust to night shifts to create a healthy work-life balance and explore six tips for working the night shift. What’s the night shift? The night shift (aka the graveyard shift) is any set of working hours that start when we’d typically go to sleep. You’ll ...
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified shift work as a possible human carcinogen. The results of systematic on this topic is contradictory. This systematic review and meta-analysis, therefore, aimed to update the current evidence regarding the relationship between night-...
This cohort study of female nurses examines the association between rotating night shift work and healthy aging after 24 years of follow-up in the Nurses’
Working during the night interferes with the timing of normal daily activities and is associated with an increased risk of chronic diseases. Under controlled experimental conditions, interventions focusing on sleep and nutrition can mitigate the short-term adverse effects of shift work. However, it is...
This cohort study assesses whether rotating night shift work is associated with risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) over 24 years of follow-up among
For every 5 years of night shift work, the cancer risk increased by 3.2% (OR = 1.032, 95% CI = 1.013–1.051). Conclusion. This is the first meta-analysis identifying the positive association between night shift work and the risk of cancer and verifying that there is no sex difference ...
The current study explores the effect of nightshift work on the decision-making competence and performance of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and analyzes whether individual differences in the need for cognition (NFC) can moderate this effect. A total of 107 female nurses were recruited to complete...
Night shift work and risk of breast cancer in women: the Generations Study cohort Introduction According to estimates, the United States will see 287,850 newly diagnosed cases of invasive breast cancer and 51,400 cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in the year 2022 [1]. It is also ...