| Document ID (ISN) | 65065 |
| CIS number |
95-1536 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0014-0139 - Ergonomics |
| Year |
1994 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Härmä M., Suvanto S., Partinen M. |
| Title |
The effect of four-day round trip flights over 10 time zones on the sleep-wakefulness patterns of airline flight attendants |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1994, Vol.37, No.9, p.1461-1478. Illus. 24 ref. |
| Abstract |
Forty flight attendants kept daily logs on sleepiness, the time they went to bed, and sleep quality during a four-day round trip flight over ten time zones. The autonomic sleep phases of 21 subjects were studied using the static charge sensitive bed method. Most flight attendants suffered significant disturbances in sleep quality. Sleep disturbance increased after both westward and eastward flights, but differed from each other in specific features. Recovery from the four-day trip took on average four days. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
time; flight operations; air transport; sleep |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
insomnia; sleep pattern; fatigue; women; vigilance; circadian rhythm; sleep disturbances |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Finland |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational physiology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Fatigue
Air transportation
|
