Estudo do sono em trabalhadores noturnos e realiação da ginastica laboral / A study on night shift workers sleep and stretch break

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

The present study analyzed the effects of the stretch break on complaints associated to the sleep of night shift workers in a plastic manufacturing company in Sorocaba-SP. The purposes were: checking the existence of complaints associated to sleep, comparing the sleep subjective quality, identifying the habitual sleep pattern of the subjects before and after the participation in the stretch break program. This study was a quantitative and observational one. Instruments utilized: Identification card, Sleep Questionnaire, Sleep Diary, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Stretch Break Questionnaire. The stretch break program was made by stretching exercises, massage and entertainment activities. Forty sessions were performed on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, for three months. The classes were fifteen minutes long when each exercise lasted for thirty seconds. The population studied was made of 17 night shift workers, 10 women and 7 men; 41,1% belonged to the 26 to 30 year old age bracket, 58,8% chose to work this shift and 82,3% have no intention to change shifts. Results after the workplace exercise sessions: Improvements in the sleep quality, sleep pattern alteration, decrease in the sleep latency time and number of naps. Most of the night shift workers reported an improvement in their daily well-being, sleep quality and life style. We concluded that stretch breaks, associated to a program of physical exercises, can decrease the side effects resultant from the night shift.

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trabalho noturno night work exercise sleep exercicio sono

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