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http://dx.doi.org/10.5143/JESK.2010.29.3.337

Sleep-wake Behavior of Air Traffic Controllers using Wrist Actigraph  

Seo, Yoo-Jin (Department of Exercise Science & Sports Studies, Kyungnam University)
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Journal of the Ergonomics Society of Korea / v.29, no.3, 2010 , pp. 337-345 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of sleep/wake behavior for shiftwork in air traffic controllers (ATCs) using wrist actigraph for ten workers on a continuous full-day three-team three-shift system of forward rotation including on-duty and off-duty periods. The wrist actigraph data were recorded for three days (one shift cycle) for each subject. The mean activity counts during an on-duty period progressively increased from the night, the swing, to the morning shifts. The doze length during on-duty periods showed decreases in the morning and swing shifts as compared to the night shift. Total sleep time (TST) and sleep efficiency (SE) during off-duty periods increased in the morning-1 and swing-night shift compared to the morning-2 shift. Finally, I discussed the role of doze-taking during the burden on night shift ATCs.
Keywords
Wrist actigraph; Air traffic controllers; Shift workers; Sleep/wake behavior;
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