Alcohol abuse and insomnia disorder: Focus on a group of night and day workers
Plescia F. Cirrincione L. Martorana D. Ledda C. Rapisarda V. Castelli V. Martines F. Vinnikov D. Cannizzaro E.
December-2 2021MDPI
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
2021#18Issue 24
The sleep-wake cycle plays a fundamental role in maintaining the physiological balance of our body. Its alteration favours the genesis of several organic alterations and diseases including sleep disorders and the consumption of several substances of abuse. It has been reported that the work activity, especially that carried out during the night, is able to influence the sleep-wake cycle, promoting the development of insomnia, which, in turn, would subject the worker to a stressful condition such as to encourage adverse behaviour such as the use/abuse of psychotropic substances. Based on the above premises, the aim of our research was to evaluate, in night workers: (i) the pattern of consumption of alcoholic beverages; (ii) the presence of insomnia; and (iii) the possible correlation between alcohol consumption and insomnia disorder. We used the AUDIT-C test (the abbreviated version of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test) and the Insomnia Severity Index to assess alcohol consumption and insomnia disorder, respectively. All questionnaires were completed by workers of both sexes belonging to different types of work activities, exclusively day or night. The results of our research show a higher propensity of night workers to consume alcoholic beverages than those who work during daytime hours, often in binge-drinking mode. In addition, an increase in the amount of alcohol consumed was found to be related to insomnia disorder, especially in night workers. This study provides further awareness of the importance of the negative impact of alcohol consumption on sleep quality in night workers.
Alcohol , AUDIT-C , Night workers , Sleep disorders
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Department of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Child Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties, “Giuseppe D’Alessandro”, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 133, Palermo, 90127, Italy
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliera “Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia Cervello”, Palermo, 90146, Italy
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Occupational Medicine, University of Catania, Catania, 95123, Italy
Department of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics (BiND), Section of Audiology, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro, Palermo, 129, 90127, Italy
Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Al-Farabi Avenue 71, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Department of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Child Care
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Department of Biomedicine
Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare
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