Shift Work and Sleep: Medical Implications and Management (Review)
Summary
Overview of SWD, health impacts of shift schedules, and management strategies including light, naps, melatonin, and wake‑promoting agents.
Why It Matters For Night Shift Workers and Night Owls
Evidence here how brief, scheduled on‑shift naps (timing/length) shows sleep & alertness for night‑shift workers and night owls. Findings add structure to the idea that the circadian low can be managed by how rest is divided and timed on duty. 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
Clinically oriented overview.