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Journal article
Insomnia and workplace productivity loss among young working adults:a prospective observational study of clinical sleep disorders in a community cohort
The medical journal of Australia, Vol.219(3), pp.107-112
2023
PMID: 37357134
Abstract
Objective
To examine associations between three clinically significant sleep disorders (chronic insomnia, obstructive sleep apnoea, restless legs syndrome) and workplace productivity losses among young Australian adults.
Design, setting
Prospective, observational study; 22-year follow-up of participants in the longitudinal birth cohort Raine Study (Perth, Western Australia).
Participants
Currently employed 22-year-old Raine Study participants who underwent in-laboratory sleep disorder screening for moderate to severe obstructive sleep apnoea (apnoea–hypopnea index of more than fifteen events/hour or obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome) and were assessed for insomnia and restless legs syndrome using validated measures.
Main outcome measures
Total workplace productivity loss over twelve months, assessed with the World Health Organization Health and Work Performance Questionnaire.
Results
Of 1235 contactable 22-year-old Raine Study cohort members, 554 people (44.9%; 294 women [53%]) underwent overnight polysomnography, completed the baseline sleep questionnaire, and completed at least three quarterly workplace productivity assessments. One or more clinically significant sleep disorders were identified in 120 participants (21.7%); 90 participants had insomnia (17%), thirty clinically significant obstructive sleep apnoea (5.4%), and two restless legs syndrome (0.4%). Seventeen people (14% of those with sleep disorders) had previously been diagnosed with a sleep disturbance by a health professional, including fourteen with insomnia. Median total workplace productivity loss was greater for participants with sleep disorders (164 hours/year; interquartile range [IQR], 0–411 hours/year) than for those without sleep disorders (30 hours/year; IQR, 0–202 hours/year); total workplace productivity loss was 40% greater for participants with sleep disorders (adjusted incidence rate ratio, 1.40; bias-corrected and accelerated 95% confidence interval, 1.10–1.76). The estimated population total productivity loss (weighted for disorder prevalence) was 28 644 hours per 1000 young workers per year, primarily attributable to insomnia (28 730 hours/1000 workers/year).
Conclusion
Insomnia is a risk factor for workplace productivity loss in young workers. Tailored interventions are needed to identify and manage sleep disorders, particularly as most of the sleep disorders detected in the Raine Study had not previously been diagnosed.
Details
- Title
- Insomnia and workplace productivity loss among young working adults:a prospective observational study of clinical sleep disorders in a community cohort
- Authors/Creators
- Amy C. ReynoldsPieter CoenenBastien LechatLeon StrakerJuliana ZabatieroKath J. MaddisonRobert J. AdamsPeter Eastwood
- Publication Details
- The medical journal of Australia, Vol.219(3), pp.107-112
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Identifiers
- 991005621116207891
- Copyright
- © 2023 The Authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Vice Chancellery
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- 1.137 Sleep Science & Circadian Systems
- 1.137.349 Insomnia
- Web Of Science research areas
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- Clinical Medicine