Synapse
⌘+K
Synapse
PulseExploreClubsResearchersJournals
Instagram
HomeClubsExplore
October 22, 2025BMC NursingOpen Access

Age and frequency of awakenings preceding a night shift were inversely associated with low-frequency power after the shift, while total catch-up sleep duration was negatively correlated with HRV on the second morning.

View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Why the study?

Heart rate variability reflects autonomic nervous system activity, but the factors influencing it in nurses following night shifts remained to be investigated.

Do pre- and post-shift sleep adjustments influence heart rate variability in female nurses following night shifts?

Comparison

Factors influencing HRV after night shifts and after a one-day recovery period

Design

Prospective, observational, single-center study

Authors

TZTaihe ZhanZZZiying ZhangZSZhimin Shi

Discussion

Loading...

Member takes

Overview

Pre-shift sleep factors should not yet alter practice in night-shift nurses; hypothesis-generating for autonomic recovery in shift workers.

Structured PICO

Do pre- and post-shift sleep adjustments influence heart rate variability in female nurses following night shifts?

P
Population
35 female nurses (median age: 27.0 years) working ward shifts, free of severe cardiopulmonary diseases and mobility limitations.
I
Intervention
Routine night shifts and subsequent sleep adjustments
O
Outcome
Heart rate variability (HRV) after night shifts (measured via 6-minute ECG during a standing break on the morning of the first day after shift)surrogate

Pre-shift sleep disruptions and longer post-shift catch-up sleep are associated with reduced autonomic activity as measured by heart rate variability in nurses.

Cite This Study

Zhan et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0872f2ab15ea61dee8da26https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-03975-0
View Full Paper
Ask AI
Bookmark
Share

Also Consider

Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context:

  1. 1Influence of shift work on sleep quality and circadian patterns of heart rate variability among nurses2024 · 10 citations
  2. 2Shift Work and Heart Rate Variability Coherence: Pilot Study Among Nurses2018 · 37 citations
  3. 3Measuring the effects of night-shift work on cardiac autonomic modulation: an appraisal of heart rate variability metrics2020 · 21 citations
  4. 4Effects of a reduction in the number of short intervals between work shifts on heart rate variability: A prospective field study of female nurses2015 · 1 citations
  5. 5The impact of working night shifts on cardiac autonomic nervous regulation during the six-minute walk test in nurses2024 · 5 citations