Improving sailor’s amount and efficiency of sleep in two-section watchkeeping schedules: A cluster randomized trial study
Our results suggest that amount and efficiency of nighttime sleep can be enhanced with the 7-5-5-7. Hence, even in shift schedules with restricted periods for rest, recuperation can be improved by more closely aligning watchkeeping schedules to the innate human diurnal circadian cycles.
Authors
- Panagiotis Matsangas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9829-4347)
- Nita Lewis Shattuck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6134-7495)
- Thomas Jacobsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1523-3996)
- Stefan Röttger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3036-7546)
- Melanie Giesche
- Johanna Abendroth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8502-8816)
Institutions
- Helmut Schmidt University (DE)
- United States Department of the Navy (US)
- Naval Postgraduate School (US)
- National Maritime Research Institute (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- SLEEP
- Published
- 2025-11-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaf332
- Primary Topic
- Sleep and Work-Related Fatigue
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00