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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, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @05:58PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 30 2020, @05:58PM (#1044247)

    This is oftentimes the case. It's in part a byproduct of the attitude that everybody needs to work 40 hours a week in order to justify their existence, even though studies regularly confirm that there's only about half that much work being done in typical offices. a 20-30 hour workweek would likely result in just as much work being done in those companies.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Sunday August 30 2020, @10:43PM (1 child)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 30 2020, @10:43PM (#1044369) Journal

    that there's only about half that much work being done in typical offices.

    Note: not all the work (that the society needs) happens in the offices.</pedantic>

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2020, @07:56AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2020, @07:56AM (#1044510)

      Pedantic²: AC never said that office work is all our society needs.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2020, @12:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 31 2020, @12:43PM (#1044555)

    Maybe. But what I bet would happen is that a 20-30 hour workweek would then cause about 10-20 hours of productive work to occur, and the subsequent necessity to hire twice the number of workers to actually get everything done.