Top companies strive to improve performance. Now, innovative methods are available to improve performance in the workplace by ensuring you have a healthy, rested workforce.
Insufficient Sleep and Fatigue
Many workers have undiagnosed sleep disorders. As a result, fatigue and sleeplessness accumulate and are carried over each day until it takes a toll not only on employees’ work competence but also on their physical and emotional health. Almost anyone who has been sleep-deprived can tell from experience how cranky they become when they don’t get enough sleep the previous night. In the long run, employees with sleep disorders are more likely to be depressed and develop chronic illnesses, which could have been prevented if they had the rest they need.
Based on the results of the annual survey done by the National Sleep Foundation, 40 percent of Americans have felt impatient with a co-worker due to lack of sleep. In terms of work performance, 27% of respondents found it hard to focus at their tasks and 20% think they had decreased productivity.
No matter how much workers try to make up for inadequate sleep by drinking energy drinks or by taking short naps, drowsiness can sneak up on them without warning, which can result in not just missed project deadlines but accidents.
Numerous studies and simulations have proven that sleep deprivation is definitely dangerous especially for manual laborers and drivers. In fact, a sleep-deprived person’s eye-hand coordination is as bad as people who are inebriated. Based on National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics, sleep deprivation and fatigue are the root cause of 100,000 vehicular accidents and 1,500 deaths annually.
What Can Be Done?
The prevention of sleep disorders such as sleep apnea and insomnia among employees can make a whole lot of difference in a company’s everyday business operations. Productivity and sloppiness are as contagious as the other, and when workers are sleeping better, they are more likely to positively impact the performance of their colleagues than drag them down to their misery.
Both employers and workers can team up to develop measures that can be observed in the workplace to promote better health and sleeping habits.
A sleep evaluation is the first step that needs to be undertaken when finding a solution for employees’ sleeping disorders. This can help the company save on healthcare costs each year.
Behavioral sleep consultation is a way for companies to confirm the sleep disorders plaguing the companies’ employees. Workers are subjected to a preliminary physical examination where a sleep medicine consultant will assess the employees’ current state of health. Next, workers will be requested to fill out a survey regarding their sleep history as well as a sleep journal where they’ll be asked to monitor any changes in their sleeping habits. More complex tests may be performed on-site or at a laboratory to observe the patient’s brain and physical processes while they were asleep.
Sleep disorders are 100% treatable so employees and employers have nothing to worry about. Once a diagnosis has been made, the sleep medicine consultant will discuss details of the treatment plan that is suitable for you.
Employees who sleep better can expect an improved workplace performance once they start the treatment. Fusion Health has a highly competitive team of Sleep Medicine experts who are ready to assist your organization to enhance your daily operations and treat your associates who are suffering from sleep disorders.
Solutions
FusionHealth offers programs designed to diagnose and treat employees who are at the risk of developing sleep-related disorders. We also provide tips and advice for management leaders on how to set up policies and practices that promote a healthier and safer environment for their workforce.