Effects of Rapid Time-zone Transitions on Flight Attendants' Circadian Rhythms and Sleep
İÇİNDEKİLERCONTENTSI INTRODUCTION II LITERATURE 2.1 Effects of Rapid Time-zone Transitions on the Human Circadian System 2.2 Mathematical Models for the Prediction of Circadian Adaptation to Rapid Time-zone Transitions 2.3 Effects of Rapid Time-zone Transitions on Sleep 2.4 Psychophysiological Effects of Night Work III OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY IV METHOD 4.1 Subjects 4.2 Study Designs 4.3 Data Collection 4.4 Statistical Treatments V RESULTS 5.1 Effects of Rapid Time-zone Transitions on Flight Attendants' Circadian Rhythms of Cognitive Performance, Subjective Alertness, Body Temperature and Hormonal Excretion of Melatonin and Cortisol 5.2 Prediction of Circadian Adaptation to Rapid Time-zone Transitions 5.3 Effects of Rapid Time-zone Transitions on Flight Attendants' Sleep Length and Quality 5.4 Prediction of Desynchronosis after Rapid Time-zone Transitions 5.5 Psychophysiological Effects of Women Flight Attendants' Work on Intercontinental Night Flights VI DISCUSSION 6.1 Rapid Time-zone Changes Perturb Flight Attendants' Circadian Rhythms for Several Days 6.2 Mathematical Models Predicting the Adaptation of Circadian Rhythms with Considerable Accuracy 6.3 Prediction of Individual Differences in Circadian Adaptation 6.4 Disturbances in Flight Attendants' Sleep in Relation to Flight Direction and the Number of Crossed Time Zones and Their Reflection of the De- and Resynchronization Process of Circadian Rhythms 6 5 Physiological Cost of Night Work for Flight Attendants and Sleepiness at the Nadir of Circadian Rhythms as a Risk for Flight Safety VII CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS VIII REFERENCES ORIGINAL ARTICLES NOTLARPeople and Work Research Reports 5 |
