Type: Scoping review
Registration: PMCID: PMC8464337
Status: Published
Tags: Hospital, Review, Scheduling, Sleep
External URL: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8464337/
Maps scheduling/sleep strategies used in hospitals and their reported effects on sleep and alertness.
A scoping review how timing of light, sleep, meals, and schedules summarizes evidence that 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.