title: [Sleep disorders in shift workers and life-style related disease].
abstract: With Japanese social change toward a 24-hour society, a substantial proportion (ca. 27%) of workers is engaged in shift work schedules. It is known that shift workers may occasionally show a complaint of insomnia and/or excessive sleepiness. Thus, circadian rhythm sleep disorder, shift work type(shift work disorder), seems to be prevalent in our society. In shift work disorder, there is a complaint of insomnia or excessive sleepiness that is temporally associated with a recurring work schedule that overlaps the usual time of sleep. Complication may include gastrointestinal symptoms and life-style disease. The present paper overviews evidence on the relationship between shift work disorder and life-style related disease.
authors: Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, School of Medicine, Asahikawa Medical University.
authors: Shigeru
authors: S
authors: Chiba
mesh_terms: D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D006184:Habits; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D012890:Sleep; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance