Distúrbios do ciclo circadiano: um estudo sobre o Jet Lag

• Autor(a) principal: Mendonça, Rafael de Oliveira
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Universitário da Ânima (RUNA)
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.animaeducacao.com.br/handle/ANIMA/8417
• topic: Ciclo circadiano; Jet Lag; Shift Work; Sintomas; Tratamento

The present undergraduate final works aim to analyze the influence of the circadian cycle and its intensities, coming from long and exhausting journeys aboard the aircraft, causing symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia, stress and generating a negative interference in the ability to perform psychomotor coordination and reduction in cognitive abilities of the individual. This research presents a synthesis of the most effective means regarding the methods used to prevent and alleviate the symptoms and improve the adaptation of the crew to the local time at destination, with and without drugs, through an analysis made in the Jet Lag. Through this descriptive research, with the procedure of collecting bibliographic and documentary data, it was possible to analyze the factors that directly influence the use of the crew, harming the health of the aircraft and the reflexes in its activity. It was found that in transcontinental flights aboard long hours at irregular times, alternating the rest period, cause a break in the biological cycle of the individual. After analyzing the research data, it was possible to observe that the health of the crew member on transcontinental flights depends on adequate rest periods identifying the manifestations of effects according to the individual's physical issues, such as eating habits and age range, seeking to quantify the symptoms according to the number of cross zones (meridians) and the direction of travel (east / west).