Workers' fatigue is a significant problem in modern industry, largely because of high demand
jobs, long duty periods, disruption of circadian rhythms, and accumulative sleep debt that …

During the last 20 years, numerous clinical trials have examined the therapeutic usefulness
of melatonin in different fields of medicine. The objective of this article is to review, in depth …

A systematic review was conducted using Samueli Institute's Rapid Evidence Assessment of
the Literature (REAL©) process to determine the evidence base for melatonin as an agent to …

Background: The Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) is a short subjective questionnaire which
helps physicians in making decisions about patients suffering from insomnia. The present …

Background Shift work results in sleep‐wake disturbances, which cause sleepiness during
night shifts and reduce sleep length and quality in daytime sleep after the night shift. In its …

Introduction Sleep deprivation is common in critically ill patients in the intensive care unit
(ICU). Noise and light in the ICU and the reduction in plasma melatonin play the essential …

Background Nurses and midwives make up almost 50% of the global healthcare shift
working workforce. Shift work interferes with sleep and causes fatigue with adverse effects …

Circadian rhythm sleep disorders (CRSD) are caused by a misalignment between the timing
of the endogenous circadian rhythm and the desired or socially acceptable sleep-wake …

The consequences of sleep deprivation and sleepiness have been noted as the most
important health problem in our modern society among shift workers. The objective of this …

(1) Background: To know the medical documentation related to exogenous melatonin in
sleep disorders caused by shift work in health personnel;(2) Methods: Systematic and critical …