Night shift work, poor sleep quality and unhealthy sleep behaviors are positively associated with the risk of epilepsy disease

Night shift work and poor sleep quality are gradually becoming more prevalent in modern society. Nevertheless, there have been limited studies assessing the association between night shift work, sleep behaviors, and risk of epilepsy. The aim of our study was to ascertain whether a positive associati...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC public health 2024-11, Vol.24 (1), p.3337-10
Hauptverfasser: Dong, Xushuai, Liu, Huiling, Huang, Zhiheng, Liu, Kaidi, Zhang, Rui, Sun, Shicheng, Feng, Bin, Guo, Hua, Feng, Shaobin
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Zusammenfassung:Night shift work and poor sleep quality are gradually becoming more prevalent in modern society. Nevertheless, there have been limited studies assessing the association between night shift work, sleep behaviors, and risk of epilepsy. The aim of our study was to ascertain whether a positive association exists between night shift work, sleep quality, sleep behaviors, and risk of epilepsy. Our study included a total of over 270,000 individuals with or without epilepsy from the UK Biobank, followed up over a period of 13.5 years. Information on current night shift work and major sleep behaviors was also obtained. We used Cox proportional hazard models to assess the association between night shift work, sleep quality, sleep behaviors, and the risk of epilepsy after adjusting for multiple variables. Night shift work was positively associated with a higher risk of epilepsy (P for trend = 0.059). There was a gradual increase in epilepsy risk from 'never/rarely' to 'usual/permanent' night shifts, with 'usual/permanent' night shifts work presenting the highest risk [hazard ratio (HR) 1.29, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-1.65). Additionally, there was a significant association between sleep quality and risk of epilepsy (P 
ISSN:1471-2458
1471-2458
DOI:10.1186/s12889-024-20885-z