NEW DELHI: Young adults following atypical work routines outside the everyday nine-to-five could negatively impact their physical and mental health in mid-life, new research has found.
Analysing data on more than 7,000 people in the US collected over 30 years, researchers observed disrupted sleep patterns in people whose careers involved more volatile work schedules.
These people were more likely to report depressive symptoms at the age of 50, compared to individuals who worked during the traditional daytime hours over their entire career, according to Wen-Jui Han from New York University, US, and the author of the study published in the journal PLoS One.
