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Circadian and Biological Rhythms in Shift Workers—A Firefighter’s Study
| dc.contributor.author | Duarte, I.F. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pereira, J. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lima, JPM. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Simões, H. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pereira, T. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Conde, J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-07T11:53:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-07T11:53:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-11-04 | |
| dc.description | Part of the book series: Studies in Systems, Decision and Control (SSDC, volume 492). | pt_PT |
| dc.description.abstract | Shift Work contribute to dysregulation of the typical sleep and awake periods that cause circadian distortions, increasing the risk of cardiovascular mortality and morbidity and developing metabolic diseases. Firefighting is a career that demands much of individuals and has a great impact on their health, making it a high-risk job. Objectives: This study aims to characterize shift workers’ blood pressure profiles in an attempt to understand the repercussions of shift work on the circadian blood pressure rhythm in a sample of professional firefighters. Materials and methods: Participants were classified based on their dipping status: dipper drop of 10–20%; non-dipper 0–10%; invert-dipper when there is a rise in BP; extreme-dipper superior to 20%. Results: Abnormal dipping was found in 55.6% of the participants, and there was a marked difference in gender in percentage where dipping is concerned, with 66.7% of women having abnormal dipping against 50% of the men. It was proved that men had a slower heart rate than women (p-value = 0.029) and that dippers had a higher 24 h DBP compared with those of abnormal dipping (p-value = 0.049). Conclusions: Shift work is a high-risk module of labor, and its consequences require a more thorough examination. Abnormal dip- ping prevailed in firefighters, and the differences between genders need to be better characterized in future studies. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.citation | Duarte, I.F., Pereira, J., Lima, J.P.M., Simões, H., Pereira, T., Conde, J. (2024). Circadian and Biological Rhythms in Shift Workers—A Firefighter’s Study. In: Arezes, P.M., et al. Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health V. Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol 492. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38277-2_18 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38277-2_18 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-3-031-38276-5 | |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 978-3-031-38277-2 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/10022 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Springer | pt_PT |
| dc.relation.publisherversion | https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-38277-2_18 | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Blood pressure dipping | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Circadian rhythm | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Firefighters | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Shift workers | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Circadian and Biological Rhythms in Shift Workers—A Firefighter’s Study | pt_PT |
| dc.type | book part | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 226 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 215 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health V | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 492 | pt_PT |
| person.familyName | Lima | |
| person.givenName | João | |
| person.identifier.ciencia-id | CA17-897B-FA91 | |
| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0003-0157-8368 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 57200553777 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | bookPart | pt_PT |
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