NIH R01 · 2024
Sleep reactivity as a novel mechanism in Shift Work Disorder
Project Summary/Abstract All essential 24-hr operations (e.g., first responders, hospital services) rely on nightshift workers who forgo nocturnal sleep for work. Shift workers comprise 20% of the workforce, with 15 million regularly working nights. Most do not adapt to the inverted sleep-wake schedule, resulting in shift work disorder (SWD) characterized by excessive sleepiness and/or insomnia with sleep loss. Furthermore, because nightshifts are critical to safety- sensitive operations, the risk for catastrophic accidents makes SWD a threat to public health and safety. There remain critical gaps in the clinical translation of shift work research into validated treatments for SWD. One gap…
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