P050 Sleep, Eat, Comment, Repeat: Understanding the influence of sleep on the eating behaviours of shiftworkers through comments on Facebook

Abstract Introduction Shiftworkers experience altered sleeping patterns and eating habits compared to dayworkers. This leads long-term negative health outcomes. While characteristics of shiftwork, such as work hours food availability, impact habits, the on behaviour shiftworkers is unknown. The aim this study was explore how sleep through analysis Facebook comments. Methods search function used identify posts relating sleep, public pages. Comments were collected if they posted by self-identified shiftworkers, relatives or partners shiftworkers. Thematic conducted all comments themes eating. Results 144 analysed. reported feelings sleepiness motivating choice for unhealthy foods eat large quantities food. Multiple also discussed shift contributed poor post-shift. Discussion Given that, in a naturalistic environment like Facebook, display an understanding influence choice, interventions can move past making aware strategies that optimise timing these behaviours. Such should consider relationship between inform promote healthy together with goal improving shiftworker safety.