Night Shift Preparation, Performance, and Perception
Summary
Reviews strategies like melatonin, bright light, naps, and schedule design; cites small RCTs in physicians and nurses.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
A randomized trial how timing and spectrum of light on shift versus before daytime sleep showed sleep & alertness for night‑shift workers and night owls. Together with other trials, it frames light as a measurable lever for on‑shift alertness and next‑day sleep, not just ambience. For people who work nights, that frames an everyday choice (when you eat, how you light the end of a shift, how rest is split) as part of the mechanism, not just routine.
Notes
Includes a melatonin RCT in emergency physicians.