Chrono@Work has been involved in the Good Night app (Goedenachtapp) from SoFoKleS (Social Fund for the Knowledge Sector) since 2023. This app gives night workers tools to deal with their night shifts in a more optimal way. The app offers tailored advice and videos of thematic roundtable discussions featuring experts, including Marijke. Until recently, the…
Chrono@Work is proud to participate in the EU Horizon2020 Research Project “ENLIGHTENme”: Exploring the Impact of Urban Lighting and Indoor Lighting on Health and Wellbeing, which started with a kick-off meeting on March 4th– 5th, 2021. For the full press release please read more here: 210224_EnlightenME_Press_Release_C@W
Can we bring in a bit of sunshine? After 2 successful rounds of the Light Study last summer and winter, we have decided to extend the study into near-infrared light one more time to the coming winter period. This is the first-ever long-term study into the effects of pulsed near-infrared (NIR) light on human well-being…
The COVID-19 pandemic poses a serious health threat to the world population. In response, governments are implementing a variety of new policies including self-quarantine, self-isolation and social distancing. While medically necessary to limit spread, these new social policies can disrupt many of the stabilizing factors in our lives which support mental health. In close collaboration,…
The policies to limit spreading of COVID-19 is ‘stay home’ and ‘work from home’. The consequence is that most people see very little daylight. While it is very important to stay home as much as possible and keep ‘social distance’ all the time, in the Netherlands it is not forbidden to go outside. The Dutch…
Chrono@Work will be present at several symposia, classes and congresses in the upcoming period. Please have a look and subscribe if you are interested in the topic. 16th April 20:00h in Leeuwarden: Studium Generale Het Einde van de Zomertijd en Dan? 18th April whole day in Zeist: Medilex symposium on ‘Slaapproblemen en -stoornissen bij mensen met…
On May 17th, Pauline Bollen and Marijke Gordijn from Chrono@Work organized an interactive workshop for a group of 15 social workers of academic institutes in the Netherlands. The assignment was clear: inform us on possible sleep problems we may encounter in our office and how to proceed if we recognize some. The 3h-workshop consisted of…
In the Dutch Television program ‘Dokters van Morgen‘ on October 17th, Antoinette Herzenberg pays attention to the importance of a healthy sleep. As part of the program, five volunteers went camping during one weekend. Chrono@Work supported the program with scientific input and the analysis of light exposure, rest-activity rhythms and melatonin patterns. Following up on…
The Dutch media are highly interested in the new teaching package Charge Your Brainzzz. Please read the item “50% of the adolescents do not sleep enough…but in this way you will get them in bed” (in Dutch) that RTL published online on September 27th.
On May 16, Chrono @ Work organizes 2 workshops for Ambulance Care Netherlands in the Rijtuigenloods in Amersfoort. These workshops are part of the program ‘Sustainable employability: Optimal on the go!’ Both workshops are fully booked. During the workshop attention is given to the care for the ambulance workers themselves. How to deal with the…
Geerdink, M., Walbeek, T. J., Beersma, D. G. M., Hommes, V., & Gordijn, M. C. M. Short Blue Light Pulses (30 Min) in the Morning Support a Sleep-Advancing Protocol in a Home Setting. J. Biol. Rhythms 31(5): 483 – 497 (2016).
Giménez M.C., Beersma D.G.M., Bollen P., Van der Linden M.L., & Gordijn M.C.M. Effects of a chronic reduction of short-wavelength light input on melatonin and sleep patterns in humans: Evidence for adaptation. Chronobiology International, 31: 690-697. (2014).
