Sleep, sleepiness and need for recovery of industrial employees after a change from an 8- to a 12-hour shift system

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High need for recovery from work and sleep problems are associated with workers’ unhealthy dietary habits

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980020000063 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Katri Hemiö ◽

Jaana Lindström ◽

Markku Peltonen ◽

Mikko Härmä ◽

Katriina Viitasalo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Fast Food ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Sleep Problems ◽

Study Cohort ◽

Food Groups ◽

Need For Recovery ◽

Eating Frequency ◽

Poor Recovery ◽

Validated Questionnaire ◽

Recovery From Work

Abstract Objective: We aimed to examine the association of recovery from work and sleep with workers’ dietary habits. Design: Cross-sectional study. Need for recovery (NFR) from work was assessed with a validated questionnaire. Sleep was assessed with five questions from the Nordic Sleep Questionnaire and sleep quality question. Dietary habits were estimated using a validated sixteen food groups-containing questionnaire. Ordered logistic regression was used to explore the associations of NFR and sleep with dietary habits adjusted for age, education, marital status, work schedule, working full or part time and occupation. Setting: Follow-up visits of type 2 diabetes prevention study cohort in a Finnish airline company Participants: The study included 737 men and 605 women. Results: Poor recovery from work was associated with a higher eating frequency (OR = 1·03, 95 % CI 1·00, 1·06), higher intake of fast food (OR = 1·05, 95 % CI 1·02, 1·08) and sweets (OR = 1·05, 95 % CI 1·02, 1·08) as well as lower intake of vegetables (OR = 0·96, 95 % CI 0·93, 0·98) and fruits (OR = 0·96, 95 % CI 0·93, 0·98) among men. In women, poor recovery from work was associated with higher fast food (OR = 1·06, 95 % CI 1·02, 1·09) and desserts consumption (OR = 1·04, 95 % CI 1·00, 1·07). Among men and women, sleep problems were associated with higher eating frequency (men: OR = 1·04, 95 % CI 1·00, 1·07, women: OR = 1·06, 95 % CI 1·02, 1·11), consumption of fast food (men: OR = 1·07, 95 % CI 1·04, 1·11, women: OR = 1·06, 95 % CI 1·02, 1·10) and sweets (men: OR = 1·05, 95 % CI 1·01, 1·08, women: OR = 1·04, 95 % CI 1·00, 1·08). Conclusions: Poor recovery from work and sleep problems were associated with unfavourable dietary habits especially in men.

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Validation of a Short-Form Version of the Danish Need for Recovery Scale against the Full Scale

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16132334 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (13) ◽

pp. 2334 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Matthew L. Stevens ◽

Patrick Crowley ◽

Anne H. Garde ◽

Ole S. Mortensen ◽

Clas-Håkan Nygård ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quantitative Methods ◽

Short Form ◽

Full Scale ◽

Need For Recovery ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative ◽

Qualitative And Quantitative Methods ◽

Danish Version ◽

Confirmatory Analysis ◽

Item Scale

Introduction: The Need for Recovery (NFR) Scale facilitates the understanding of the factors that can lead to sustainable working and employability. Short-form scales can reduce the burden on researchers and respondents. Our aim was to create and validate a short-form Danish version of the NFR Scale. Methods: Two datasets were used to conduct the exploratory and confirmatory analyses. This was done using qualitative and quantitative methods. The exploratory phase identified several short-form versions of the Danish NFR Scale and evaluated the quality of each through the assessment of content, construct and criterion validity, and responsiveness. These evaluations were then verified through the confirmatory analysis, using the second dataset. Results: A short-form NFR scale consisting of three items (exhausted at the end of a work day, hard to find interest in other people after a work day, it takes over an hour to fully recover from a work day) showed excellent validity and responsiveness compared to the nine-item scale. Furthermore, a short-form consisting of just two items also showed excellent validity and good responsiveness. Conclusion: A short-form NFR scale, consisting of three items from the Danish NFR Scale, seems to be an appropriate substitute for the full nine-item scale.

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