U-M study: Work hassles hamper sleep
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Common hassles at work are more likely than long hours, night shifts or job insecurity to follow workers home and interfere with their sleep.
But this is the first U.S. study to clarify the link between work and sleep quality for all workers, not just rotating shift workers or medical students, who have unusual work and sleep arrangements.
Because the surveys were prospective—following the same people over time—the researchers were able to show that work conditions affected sleep patterns, not the other way around. Their analysis controlled for initial sleep quality, health, pessimism and other confounding factors.
Respondents who felt upset or bothered at work on a frequent basis, or had on-going personal conflicts with bosses or co-workers, were about 1.7 times more likely than others to develop sleep problems.
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