Abstract
Day sleep of shift workers has been studied with polygraphic techniques by several research groups (1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13). The comparison between day sleep after a night shift and night sleep after a day shift has produced a number of results, which seem to be generally accepted. These are:
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a general similarity in the sequence of sleep stages in both conditions (1, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13),
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a shortened sleep latency (1, 3, 7, 11) and a shortened REM latency (2, 13) in day sleep,
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no reduction of slow wave sleep after a night shift (2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 13).
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Ehrenstein, W., Müller-Limmroth, W. (1975). Changes in sleep patterns caused by shift work and traffic noise. In: Experimental Studies of Shiftwork. Forschungsberichte Des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-663-20361-2_5
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