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Impact of shift work on sleep and

fatigue in Maritime pilots
Jamie L. Tait $ , Timothy P. Chambers , Regan S. Tait & Luana C. Main
Pages 856-868 | Received 07 Jan 2020, Accepted 21 Jan 2021, Accepted author version posted online: 01 Feb 2021,
Published online: 19 Feb 2021
Pages 856-868 | Received 07 Jan 2020, Accepted 21 Jan 2021, Accepted author version posted online: 01 Feb 2021,
Published online: 19 Feb 2021

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Abstract

This study examined how objective measures of sleep change across shift-cycles,
and the impact of this on sleep quality and fatigue. Forty maritime pilots were
recruited from Australian ports. Sleep wake-behaviour (timing and length), and
self-reported sleep quality and fatigue, were assessed to determine any impact
of roster status and ‘on-call’ status. On-roster pilots experienced reduced night
time sleep duration compared to those off-roster (57 ± 8.8 min), while working
on-call also diminished night time sleep duration (126 ± 11.3 min) and quality,
compared to workers not on-call. Fatigue scores indicated that participants were
not fully recovered prior to commencing rostered night shift, while sleep quality
was significantly worse following sleep that occurred after a night shift,
compared to after a day shift. These findings potentially support workplace
negotiations to change future shift cycles, and to adopt monitoring systems that
may mitigate the risk of fatigue-related accidents and chronic health outcomes.
Practitioner summary: Long and irregular work hours of maritime pilotage can
compromise worker performance and safety. This observational study found that
on-roster pilots experience reduced sleep duration compared to those off-roster,
while working on-call further diminishes sleep duration and quality. Future
workload/fatigue monitoring systems may mitigate fatigue-related accidents and
adverse chronic health outcomes.

Abbreviations: ANOVA: analysis of variance; ANCOVA: analysis of covariance;

BMI: body mass index; CVD: cardiovascular disease; h: hours; mins: minutes; SE:
standard error of the mean; SD: standard deviation; SO: sleep opportunities; TST:
total sleep time; WASO: wake after sleep onset

, Keywords: Maritime shift cycle sleep disruption on-call actigraphy

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Acknowledgements
The authors wish to thank the participants for their time and efforts in this study.

Disclosure statement
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Funding

This work was supported by a grant from Navitas Professional Institute Pty. Ltd.

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