Recruitment for Online Survey on Shift Work Completed

16.02.2025

From May 2024 to January 2025, an online survey was conducted to explore the link between shift work and obesity. The survey aimed to gain insights into the health, well-being, dietary habits, and sleep patterns of shift workers across Europe. Our goal was to recruit at least 400 shift workers and 200 day workers per country.

Recruitment was a challenge, but in January 2025, we successfully reached the required numbers. In total, more than 6,400 shift workers, former shift workers, and day workers from eight European countries—Denmark, Poland, Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Italy, Spain, and Greece—fully completed the survey.

Demographically, a relatively large proportion of respondents were highly educated. We are currently analysing the data.