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A Coffee and Catnap Keep You Sharp on the Nightshift, Study Suggests

posted by martyb on Sunday August 30 2020, @03:57PM   Printer-friendly
from the coffee++ dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission:

A coffee and catnap keep you sharp on the nightshift, study suggests:

Lead researcher, Dr Stephanie Centofanti from UniSA Online and the Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory at UniSA says the finding could help counteract the kind of sleep inertia that is experienced by many shiftworkers.

[...] "A 'caffeine-nap' (or 'caff-nap') could be a viable alternative -- by drinking a coffee before taking a nap, shiftworkers can gain the benefits of a 20-30-minute nap then the perk of the caffeine when they wake. It's a win-win."

The small pilot study tested the impact of 200 mg of caffeine (equivalent to 1-2 regular cups of coffee) consumed by participants just before a 3.30am 30-minute nap, comparing results with a group that took a placebo.

Participants taking a 'caffeine-nap' showed marked improvements in both performance and alertness, indicating the potential of a 'caffeine-nap' to counteract sleep grogginess.

Journal Reference:
Stephanie Centofanti, Siobhan Banks, et al.A pilot study investigating the impact of a caffeine-nap on alertness during a simulated night shift, Chronobiology International (DOI: 10.1080/07420528.2020.1804922)

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @04:34PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @04:34PM (#1044214)

    There's a lot of things that go on during the night where alertness is important. Most of the bullshit jobs happen during the hours of 9 to 5. For example everything on Wall Street and in the banking industry happens during those hours. You're deluding yourself if you think what they do is in any way, shape or form important. I have more respect for the various criminals roaming the streets at night than I do for the criminals that work in banking and high finance.

    I think you're likely to find that society changes rather drastically if the night jobs were eliminated. Much of the work is stuff that you just take for granted.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @04:53PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @04:53PM (#1044225)

    So that's why the night-time bosses are going to allow their workers a 20 minute nap?

    And we're not really talking about the fact that's it's suprisingly hard to be wide awake for half a shift (at night, no less) and then go to sleep for 20 minutes ...