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Night shift work, binge drinking linked to increased COVID risk in nurses --study
Wed, 2023-05-31 12:31 — mike kraft Night shift work, binge drinking linked to increased COVID risk in nurses About 25% of 750 survey respondents met the criteria for alcohol misuse, with 5% classified as binge drinkers. CIDRAP
Working the night shift or binge drinking may double the risk of COVID-19 infection, according to a study of nurses published this week in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research. Poor sleep quality and binge drinking have been associated with COVID-19 infections, likely because both promote a pro-inflammatory state.
Because nurses were regularly exposed to COVID during the pandemic, had a high-stress job, and work during overnight shifts, the authors of the study hypothesized that shift work and alcohol misuse would be associated with COVID-19 infections.
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