Sleep Differences in Firefighters: Barracks vs. Home
The data demonstrates that firefighters show poor sleep quality and heavily impacted sleep architecture. This may be due to the effects of rotating shifts and occupational stress on the sleep-wake cycle. These results, when compared to age-matched normative data, show clinical manifestations of disturbed sleep in the firefighter population.
Authors
- Lainey Hunnicutt
- Makenzie Corgan
- Scott R. Collier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4356-0924)
- Sarah R. Brown
- George Lesley Meares
- Alyssa Nygaard
Institutions
- Appalachian State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21091155
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.51