Who Is at Risk for Shift Work Disorder?

SWD may affect people who work irregular, early-morning, rotating, or night shifts. That's because their work schedules force them to stay awake when the body normally sleeps and to sleep when the body is normally awake.1

For some people, other factors may make it even more difficult to cope with shift work2:

  • Age older than 50 years
  • History of sleep disorders
  • History of gastrointestinal complaints
  • Diabetes
  • Heart disease

See the table below to learn about the wide range of industries that may require either permanent or occasional shift work.3

A wide range of occupations may require either permanent or occasional shift work3

Professional and business services such as engineers, marketers, IT professionals, and other people with corporate jobs
Healthcare professionals such as physicians, nurses, and pharmacists
Leisure, entertainment, and hospitality such as casino workers, chefs, wait staff, actors, and hotel workers
Wholesale and retail trade such as warehouse workers, department store and other retail store workers
Production and manufacturing such as steel, textile, and other factory workers
Protective services such as police, firefighters, and first-responders

If you are concerned about shift work disorder, sign up to receive more information, a self-assessment tool, and more.

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Sign up for a free Shift Work Disorder (SWD) Self-Assessment Tool you can share with your doctor. The Wake-Up Squad will also send you some helpful information about SWD.

 

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