Recovery from shift work: what is the evidence?

Recovery from shift work: what is the evidence?

Type: Field / Observational study

Registration: PMCID: PMC10651732

Status: Published

Tags: Recovery, Review, Scheduling, Sleep

External URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10651732/

Summary

Overviews time‑course and strategies for recovery from night and rotating shifts, including sleep, light, and scheduling tactics.

Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls

Evidence here how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules shows sleep & alertness for night‑shift workers and night owls. Overall, the data make the schedule itself visible in physiology, not just in how people feel subjectively. For the audience living on night schedules, the key meaning is that the schedule’s timing choices show up in measurable outcomes.

Tags

  • Recovery
  • Review
  • Scheduling
  • Sleep

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