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Abe Maddison

EXPLAINED: Light at the end of tunnel for night shift workers | Vintage Vibes

In Australia, about 15-16 per cent of workers report being shift workers. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

Circadian-informed lighting, where artificial lighting is synchronised to a person's body clock, significantly improves sleep quality and work performance for night shift workers, an Adelaide sleep trial has found.

The Flinders University trial evaluated circadian-lighting effects on markers of body-clock timing, work-shift cognitive performance, and sleep following an abrupt transition to night shift work.

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