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Occupational burnout is characterized by significantly impaired sleep architecture, including increased arousals, sleep fragmentation, reduced slow-wave and REM sleep, and lower sleep efficiency, which correlates with persistent daytime sleepiness and mental fatigue.
If you are experiencing burnout, standard sleep hygiene (going to bed early) may not be enough because your sleep architecture is physiologically disrupted. Focus on reducing pre-sleep arousal and stress, as the study links burnout to increased arousals and fragmentation. Recognize that feeling unrefreshed despite adequate time in bed is a symptom of the burnout state, not just 'bad sleep habits'.
The main polysomnographic findings were more arousals and sleep fragmentation, more wake time and stage-1 sleep, lower sleep efficiency, less slow wave sleep and rapid eye movement sleep, and a lower delta power density in nonrapid eye movement sleep in the burnout group.
Why this rating
Controlled study with polysomnography and matched controls, though small sample size (N=12 per group).
Source
Disturbed sleep and fatigue in occupational burnout
Mirjam Ekstedt et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health · 2006
DOI 10.5271/sjweh.987
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