Adherence
Continuous 3-shift work interacts with life-style factors to decrease the beneficial effects of leisure-time physical activity and increase the adverse effects of alcohol consumption on sleep quality and daytime sleepiness.
If you work 3-shift schedules, your sleep is highly sensitive to how you spend your free time. Regular exercise helps day workers, but may not help 3-shift workers due to schedule constraints. Alcohol consumption significantly worsens sleep for 3-shift workers but not day workers. Prioritize sleep hygiene and limit alcohol, especially if you are on a continuous rotating 3-shift system.
Especially 3-shift work seems to interact with life-style factors by increasing the adverse effects and decreasing the beneficial effects on sleep and sleepiness.
Why this rating
Large sample size (N=3020), cross-sectional design, and statistically significant interaction terms in logistic regression.
Source
Combined effects of shift work and life-style on the prevalence of insomnia, sleep deprivation and daytime sleepiness
Mikko Härmä et al. · Scandinavian Journal of Work Environment & Health · 1998
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