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Introduction
Over a one year period, researchers studied the correlation of injuries and sleep
deprivation of workers in small, medium and large scale enterprises in Indian Traditional
Industries.
It is known that lack of sleep can affect both job performance as well as cognitive
processing. Researchers wanted to know how lack of sleep would affect both of these areas. This
is relevant to the world because everyone has experienced sleep deprivation at some point in
their lives, and it gives us a better understanding of how sleep deprivation can be harmful to our
health.
This particular group of people were chosen for the study because Indian Traditional
Industries had the highest amount of work related accidents in 2007 (Ministry of Labour and
Researchers are trying to uncover what factors were attributing to job injuries. They
gathered information regarding the subjects sleep habits, chemical dependency, as well as
mental and emotional health. Using this information, they were able to separate their findings
into separate categories to see which factors put the employee at a higher risk of getting an injury
on the job.
The scientists hypothesis was that small and medium scale enterprises were more likely
to engage in dangerous and hazardous work, and suffer from occupational accidents and
occupational health problems than large-scale enterprises (Ikeda et al 2002, Kumangi et al 2000,
Employees in small scale companies in two districts of India were given questionnaires
asking eight questions about their sleep time habits. This is important because it can help
researchers to see what the subjects were doing wrong in regards to their sleeping habits.
The scientists also asked questions about their job, lifestyle, and any possible health
issues. Both men and women were given the questionnaire to see if gender would have any
Results
The results were surprisingly low in regards to reported injuries. However, scientists
found that sleep deprivation did lead to more injuries in the work place. In fact, those that
worked the night shift, had a 30 50% higher chance of accidents (Smith et al 1989).
Almost a quarter of those surveyed showed symptoms of insomnia, with the majority of
Discussion
The results showed that there was a higher risk of getting injured on the job for those who
were sleep deprived. One of the biggest factors of job related injuries depended on the quality of
sleep the employee received. Factors such as insomnia, difficulty awakening, and awakening
The majority of those surveyed, worked in small scale manufacturing facilities. The
results would likely have be more accurate, had the scientists studied equal amount of test