L’exposition contrôlée à la lumière et à l’obscurité ajuste le rythme du cortisol salivaire chez les travailleurs de nuit

The efficacy of a light/darkness intervention designed to promote circadian adaptation to night shift work was tested in this combined field and laboratory study. Six permanent night shift workers (mean age : 37.1 / s : 8.1 years) were instructed to expose themselves intermittently to full-spectrum...

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Main Authors: Diane Boivin, Francine James, Anny Casademont
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Language:English
Published: Institut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST) 2005-05-01
Series:Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/3200
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description The efficacy of a light/darkness intervention designed to promote circadian adaptation to night shift work was tested in this combined field and laboratory study. Six permanent night shift workers (mean age : 37.1 / s : 8.1 years) were instructed to expose themselves intermittently to full-spectrum bright white light (~2,000 lux) in the first 6 hours of their 8-hour shift. They were asked to shield themselves from morning sunlight with tinted lenses (neutral grey density, 15 % visual light transmission), and to maintain regular sleep/darkness episodes in darkened quarters beginning 2 hours after the end of each night shift. Five control group workers (41.1 / s : 9.9 years) were observed in the presence of a regular sleep/darkness schedule only. Constant routines performed before and after a sequence of ~12 night shifts over 3 weeks revealed that treatment group workers displayed significant shifts in the time of peak cortisol expression and a realignment of the rhythm with the night-oriented schedule. Smaller phase shifts suggesting an incomplete adaptation to the shift work schedule were observed in the control group. Our observations support a careful control of the pattern of light and darkness exposure for the adaptation of physiological rhythms to night shift work.
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spelling doaj-art-b40f88216795443683bd557f579af6a02025-01-09T16:02:28ZengInstitut de Recherche Robert-Sauvé en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail (IRSST)Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé1481-93842005-05-017210.4000/pistes.3200L’exposition contrôlée à la lumière et à l’obscurité ajuste le rythme du cortisol salivaire chez les travailleurs de nuitDiane BoivinFrancine JamesAnny CasademontThe efficacy of a light/darkness intervention designed to promote circadian adaptation to night shift work was tested in this combined field and laboratory study. Six permanent night shift workers (mean age : 37.1 / s : 8.1 years) were instructed to expose themselves intermittently to full-spectrum bright white light (~2,000 lux) in the first 6 hours of their 8-hour shift. They were asked to shield themselves from morning sunlight with tinted lenses (neutral grey density, 15 % visual light transmission), and to maintain regular sleep/darkness episodes in darkened quarters beginning 2 hours after the end of each night shift. Five control group workers (41.1 / s : 9.9 years) were observed in the presence of a regular sleep/darkness schedule only. Constant routines performed before and after a sequence of ~12 night shifts over 3 weeks revealed that treatment group workers displayed significant shifts in the time of peak cortisol expression and a realignment of the rhythm with the night-oriented schedule. Smaller phase shifts suggesting an incomplete adaptation to the shift work schedule were observed in the control group. Our observations support a careful control of the pattern of light and darkness exposure for the adaptation of physiological rhythms to night shift work.https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/3200night shift workcircadian rhythmssalivary cortisolphototherapyphase shift
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L’exposition contrôlée à la lumière et à l’obscurité ajuste le rythme du cortisol salivaire chez les travailleurs de nuit
Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé
night shift work
circadian rhythms
salivary cortisol
phototherapy
phase shift
title L’exposition contrôlée à la lumière et à l’obscurité ajuste le rythme du cortisol salivaire chez les travailleurs de nuit
title_full L’exposition contrôlée à la lumière et à l’obscurité ajuste le rythme du cortisol salivaire chez les travailleurs de nuit
title_fullStr L’exposition contrôlée à la lumière et à l’obscurité ajuste le rythme du cortisol salivaire chez les travailleurs de nuit
title_full_unstemmed L’exposition contrôlée à la lumière et à l’obscurité ajuste le rythme du cortisol salivaire chez les travailleurs de nuit
title_short L’exposition contrôlée à la lumière et à l’obscurité ajuste le rythme du cortisol salivaire chez les travailleurs de nuit
title_sort l exposition controlee a la lumiere et a l obscurite ajuste le rythme du cortisol salivaire chez les travailleurs de nuit
topic night shift work
circadian rhythms
salivary cortisol
phototherapy
phase shift
url https://journals.openedition.org/pistes/3200
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