Sleep Deprivation Or A Sleep Disturbance Disorder?

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In this report written by Robert P. Mahan from the University of Georgia, Antonio B. Carvalhais and Stephen E. Queen from the University of Connecticut conducted a study on Sleep Reduction In Night-Shift Workers: Is It Sleep Deprivation Or A Sleep Disturbance Disorder? It is observed that there is a tendency of reduction in the sleep length of night-shift workers. Researchers believed that workday sleep length is related to time-of-day worked. Workers on the night-shift on the average have significantly reduced workday sleep length (Tepas, Armstrong, Carlson, Duchon, Gersten, & Lezotte, 1985). There could be two possible reasons for the shortening of sleep length in night-shift workers. The second reason is based on a multidimensional variable. The first is based on a chronobiological approach. Theses are the major details of the essay, after reading it you we further learn and understand it more.

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Robert P. Mahan from the University of Georgia, Antonio B. Carvalhais and Stephen E. Queen from the University of Connecticut published a report in the journal Perceptual and Motor Skills 1990 about Sleep Reduction In Night-Shift Workers: Is It Sleep Deprivation Or A Sleep Disturbance Disorder? It is observed that there is a tendency of reduction in the sleep length of night-shift workers. Researchers believed that workday sleep length is related to time-of-day worked. Workers on the night-shift on the average have significantly reduced workday sleep length (Tepas, Armstrong, Carlson, Duchon, Gersten, & Lezotte, 1985). There could be two possible reasons for the shortening of sleep length in night-shift workers. The first is based on a chronobiological approach. This means that night-shift workers suffer from a reduction in...