Physical activity and maintaining mental and physical health in rotating shift workers

我们研究了轮班工人的身体活动或饮食习惯与保持精神或身体健康之间的关系。体育锻炼可以降低主观抑郁、疲劳和压力水平。此外，倒班工人在白班期间有相位延迟的生物钟。早餐时较高的能量摄入与心脏自主神经系统24小时变化的相位延迟有关，并降低了主观抑郁、疲劳和困倦的水平。这些结果对于制定体力活动或饮食习惯指南以维持和/或改善轮班工人的身心健康可能很重要。

We examined associations between physical activity or dietary habits and maintaining mental or physical health in rotating shift workers. Physical activity decreased subjective levels of depression, fatigue, and stress. In addition, shift workers had phase-delayed circadian clock during day shift. Higher energy intake at breakfast was associated with phase delay for their diurnal 24-h variation in cardiac autonomic nervous system and decreasing subjective levels of depression, fatigue, and sleepiness. These results might be important when developing guidelines for physical activity or dietary habits to maintain and/or improve physical and mental health for shift workers.