Sleep Study on 60 Minutes tonight

crb613, BSN, RN · Mar 17, 2008

Yes I saw it & thought it was interesting. I was in & out while the program was on....did they mention anything about the effects of working night shift? Missed the Dennis Quaid thing though!

mauxtav8r · Mar 17, 2008

I was fascinated by this segment!!! Many 60 minutes segments show up on Youtube, but this one (actually a double segment) is not up yet.

The section on interrupted sleep was amazing. Just sleep is not sufficient to maintain good health, you have to reach deep sleep, which is harder as we age, dropping from 100 minutes a night in our twenties to (I think I remember this right) about 20 minutes a night at 50. Five nights of no deep sleep can turn the body's pre-diabetic state on, making the person hungrier and less able to use the food they eat.

Sleep hygiene is one of my "pet" interests . . . could you tell?

tntrn, ASN, RN · Mar 17, 2008

Also that the average adult sleep time has fallen from 8 hours a night to 6.7 hours a night in less than 20 years. I've said forever that people who work 12's don't have enough time between shifts for proper rest (never mind any quality family time) and this would seem to support that. My DH is a retired pilot and their union addresses sleep and fatique issues all the time in contract negotiations. Perhaps other industries should be doing that as well. I thought it interesting that this piece followed the Quaid piece and had to ask if the Cedars Sinai shifts are 12 or 16 hours. Maybe fatique played a part in this and other med errors.

JeanineLPN1984 · Mar 17, 2008

I put on 20lb. before I found out I had sleep apnea. Sleep study showed I had apnea/ hyponea every 2-3 mins for 15-42sec. long. I knew I was tired and thought it was just work, life, etc. I wasnt even getting into Rem 4, I kept waking up trying to go from stage 2-3.

I've lost the weight since hooking up at night with my mask, and feel great, I will never go back to constant tiredness.

We also had a CNA that work nights and her blood sugars were crazy, we moved her to day shift and she's fine. I do think it has something to do with the body's natural rythem and some people with DM have a worse time on night shift.

BrokenRNheart · Mar 17, 2008

Yes I saw it & thought it was interesting. I was in & out while the program was on....did they mention anything about the effects of working night shift? Missed the Dennis Quaid thing though!

No they didn't. They focused on the LACK of sleep. How the number of REM decreases with age and how important it is to get the right amount of sleep. It was about hours of sleep, REM, health affects and obesity.

Would be nice to know what night shifts do. I have my own thoughts on that.

BrokenRNheart · Mar 17, 2008

I was fascinated by this segment!!! Many 60 minutes segments show up on Youtube, but this one (actually a double segment) is not up yet.
The section on interrupted sleep was amazing. Just sleep is not sufficient to maintain good health, you have to reach deep sleep, which is harder as we age, dropping from 100 minutes a night in our twenties to (I think I remember this right) about 20 minutes a night at 50. Five nights of no deep sleep can turn the body's pre-diabetic state on, making the person hungrier and less able to use the food they eat.
Sleep hygiene is one of my "pet" interests . . . could you tell?

I'm so glad more saw it. It was interesting. I wish someone would do a study on the physical affects of stressful jobs like nursing.