Assessment of a new dynamic light regimen in a nuclear power control room without windows on quickly rotating shiftworkerseffects on health, wakefulness, and circadian alignment: A pilot study

Chronobiology International

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 641-649

  Lowden, Arne ^a,b   Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Melatonin; Night work; Sleep; Sleepiness; Work light condition

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; METABOLISM; MICROCLIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; SALIVA; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SALIVA; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84861386230     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2012.675850     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Åkerstedt T, Gillberg M. (1990). Subjective and objective sleepiness in the active individual. Int. J. Neurosci. 52:29-37.
2. Åkerstedt T, Kecklund G, Selén J. (2010). Early morning work-prevalence and relation to sleep/wake problems: a national representative survey. Chronobiol. Int. 27:975-986.
3. Badia P, Myers B, Boecker M, Culpepper J, Harsh JR. (1991). Bright light effects on body temperature, alertness, EEG and behavior. Physiol. Behav. 50:583-588.
4. Bjorvatn B, Kecklund G, Åkerstedt T. (1999). Bright light treatment used for adaptation to night work and re-adaptation back to day life. A field study at an oil platform in the North Sea. J. Sleep Res. 8:105-112.
5. Bjorvatn B, Stangenes K, Oyane N, Forberg K, Lowden A, Holsten F, Åkerstedt T. (2007). Randomized placebo-controlled field study of the effects of bright light and melatonin in adaptation to night work. Scand. J. Work Environ. Health 33:204-214. (Pubitemid 47019318)
6. Boivin DB, James FO. (2005). Light treatment and circadian adaptation to shift work. Ind. Health 43:34-48. (Pubitemid 40260813)
7. Burgess HJ, Sharkey KM, Eastman CI. (2002). Bright light, dark and melatonin can promote circadian adaptation in night shift workers. Sleep Med. Rev. 6:407-420. (Pubitemid 36529362)
8. Cajochen C, Zeitzer JM, Czeisler CA, Dijk DJ. (2000). Dose-response relationship for light intensity and ocular and electroencephalographic correlates of human alertness. Behav. Brain Res. 115:75-83.
9. Campbell SS. (1995). Effects of timed bright-light exposure on shiftwork adaptation in middle-aged subjects. Sleep 18:408-416.
10. Costa G, Gaffuri E, Ghirlanda G, Minors DS, Waterhouse JM. (1995). Psychophysical conditions and hormonal secretion in nurses on a rapidly rotating shift schedule and exposed to bright light during night work. Work Stress 9:148-157. (Pubitemid 26097286)
11. Czeisler CA, Kronauer RE, Allan JS, Duffy JF, Jewett ME, Brown EN, Ronda JM. (1989). Bright light induction of strong (type 0) resetting of the human circadian pacemaker. Science 244:1328-1333. (Pubitemid 19170503)
12. Dumont M, Beaulieu C. (2007). Light exposure in the natural environment: relevance to mood and sleep disorders. Sleep Med. 8:557-565. (Pubitemid 47181206)
13. Eastman CI, Martin SK. (1999). How to use light and dark to produce circadian adaptation to night shift work. Ann. Med. 31:87-98. (Pubitemid 29209863)
14. Eastman CI, Stewart KT, Mahoney MP, Liu L, Fogg LF. (1994). Dark goggles and bright light improve circadian rhythm adaptation to night-shift work. Sleep 17:535-543. (Pubitemid 24317742)
15. Folkard S. (2008). Do permanent night workers show circadian adjustment? A review based on the endogenous melatonin rhythm. Chronobiol. Int. 25:215-224. (Pubitemid 351998783)
16. Gronfier C, Wright KP, Kronauer RE, Jewett ME, Czeisler CA. (2004). Efficacy of a single sequence of intermittent bright light pulses for delaying circadian phase in humans. Am. J. Physiol. Endocrinol. Metab. 287:E174-E181. (Pubitemid 38856298)
17. Koller M, Härma M, Laitinen JT, Kundi M, Piegler B, Haider M. (1994). Different patterns of light exposure in relation to melatonin and cortisol rhythms and sleep of night workers. J. Pineal Res. 16:127-135.
18. Lee C, Smith MR, Eastman CI. (2006). A compromise phase position for permanent night shift workers: circadian phase after two night shifts with scheduled sleep and light/dark exposure. Chronobiol. Int. 23:859-875. (Pubitemid 44186972)
19. Lockley SW, Evans EE, Scheer FA, Brainard GC, Czeisler CA, Aeschbach D. (2006). Short-wavelength sensitivity for the direct effects of light on alertness, vigilance, and the waking electroencephalogram in humans. Sleep 29:161-168. (Pubitemid 44019969)
20. Lowden A, Åkerstedt T, Wibom R. (2004). Suppression of sleepiness and melatonin by bright light exposure during breaks in night work. J. Sleep Res. 13:37-43. (Pubitemid 38365719)
21. Ohayon MM, Smolensky MH, Roth T. (2010). Consequences of shiftworking on sleep duration, sleepiness, and sleep attacks. Chronobiol. Int. 27:575-589.
22. Portaluppi F, Smolensky M, Touitou Y. (2010). Ethics and methods for biological rhythm research on animals and human beings. Chronobiol. Int. 27:1911-1929.
23. Stewart KT, Hayes BC, Eastman CI. (1995). Light treatment for NASA shiftworkers. Chronobiol. Int. 12:141-151.
24. Stevens RG. (2011). Testing the light-at-night (LAN) theory for breast cancer causation. Chronobiol. Int. 28:653-656.
25. Stevens RG, Hansen J, Costa G, Haus E, Kauppinen T, Aronson KJ, Castaño-Vinyals G, Davis S, Frings-Dresen MH, Fritschi L, Kogevinas M, Kogi K, Lie JA, Lowden A, Peplonska B, Pesch B, Pukkala E, Schernhammer E, Travis RC, Vermeulen R, Zheng T, Cogliano V, Straif K. (2011). Considerations of circadian impact for defining 'shift work' in cancer studies: IARC Working Group Report. Occup. Environ. Med. 68:154-162.
26. Söderström M, Ekstedt M, Akerstedt T, Nilsson J, Axelsson J. (2004). Sleep and sleepiness in young individuals with high burnout scores. Sleep 27:1369-1377 (Pubitemid 44143792)
27. Viola AU, James LM, Schlangen LJ, Dijk DJ. (2008). Blue-enriched white light in the workplace improves self-reported alertness, performance and sleep quality. Scand. J. Work Environ. Health 34:297-306.