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Sleep: An Important Health and Safety Concern at Work
CDC Workplace Health Brief 1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health PromotionMake Wellness Your BusinessSleep: An Important Health and Safety Concern at WorkTo support optimal Health , experts recommend that adults get seven or more hours of sleep per However, recent estimates suggest about one-third of adults do not get enough sleep,2 which can prevent employees from meeting their Health and productivity goals and create Safety risks at work in the following ways: Poor sleep increases a person s risk for a variety of chronic For example, adults who sleep six or fewer hours per night are more likely to be obese and have diagnoses such as diabetes, coronary heart disease, and stroke than those who report seven to nine hours of In addition, poor sleep slows both physical and cognitive reaction times and accuracy,5 increasing risk for injury in the workplace.
Providing employees with the information and tools to understand or improve their sleep is a great first step. Over time, a sleep intervention could include the following: 1. ... workplace productivity loss and associated costs. J Occup Environ Med, 2010;52(1), 91–8. 7 Hafner M, Stepanek M, Taylor J, Troxel WM, van Stolk C. Why sleep
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