Dynamic Blood pressure changes and recovery under different work shifts in young women
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American Journal of Hypertension 21 (7): 759-764
Journal
American Journal of Hypertension
Pages
759-764
Date Issued
2008
Date
2008
Author(s)
Lo, Shih-Hsiang
Liau, Chiau-Suong
Hwang, Jing-Shiang
Wang, Jung-Der
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Some studies have reported that shift work can affect blood pressure (BP), but few have studied recovery from BP changes occurring during different shifts. METHODS: We recruited 16 young female nurses working rotating shifts and six working the regular day shift. All received repeated ambulatory BP monitoring (ABPM) during their workdays and following day off. RESULTS: Our linear mixed-effect model showed that both systolic and diastolic BPs were significantly decreased during sleeping period and significantly increased while on working period, on a work day, but increased during sleeping period after a night shift or evening shift. BP measurements that changed after evening shift usually returned to baseline on consecutive off-duty day after day shift, but they did not completely return to baseline after a night shift (P < 0.05). We also found 69% of those working rotating shifts had at least changed once in dipper/nondipper status. The rates of change in dipper/nondipper status between work day and off-duty day were 33, 44, 50, and 38% for nurses worked in outpatient clinic, night shift, evening shift, and day shift, respectively. CONCLUSION: Shift work is significantly associated with BP and possibly dipper/nondipper status in young female nurses. Except for those working night shifts, BP levels returned to baseline the off-duty day after day shift. We recommend that potential influence of shift work be considered when evaluating a person's BP.
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