The acute effect of night work‐related circadian misalignment on headache episodes: Results from the 1001 nights‐cohort
This study is the first to investigate the headache prevalence when working night shifts compared with day shifts while accounting for work-related psychosocial stressors and physical job demands. Neither these factors, nor shorter sleep duration or lower sleep quality, explained the increased headache prevalence observed when participants worked night shifts. Thus, other (cascading) effects and underlying mechanisms of night work-related circadian misalignment may be the primary drivers of headache in night shift workers.
Authors
- Anne Emily Saunte Fiehn Arup (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-8394-8351)
- Kirsten Nabe‐Nielsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4298-1420)
- Anne Helene Garde (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1553-2291)
- Jakob Møller Hansen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9417-2481)
- Dagfinn Matre (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0042-6389)
- Rikke Harmsen
Institutions
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- National Institute of Occupational Health (NO)
- University College Copenhagen (DK)
- Psychiatry Region Zealand (DK)
- National Research Centre for the Working Environment (DK)
- IT University of Copenhagen (DK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain
- Published
- 2025-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/head.15054
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Migraine and Headache Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.36
Funders
- National Research Centre
- European Commission