Shifting Schedules = Poor Sleep Hygiene

People who work in shifting jobs such as nurses, doctors and flight attendants are found to be those who are most likely to have poor sleep hygiene. Ample sleep at regular times is normally regulated by the body’s biological clock, a change in the normal rhythm wrecks the sleep patters and times causing flaring tempers and performance degradation issues. It also has the potential to affect their psychomotor performance resulting in more mistakes and permanent disruption of the biological clocks. This makes the working environment hazardous so when taken into a health care scenario can be the difference between life and death. The amount of sleep a person gets is reflected in overall health, productivity, better performance, emotional well-being and mental abilities. Lack thereof would result in counter-productive results which are dangerous and acceptable in the workplace.