ArticleOccupational and environmental medicine2003
Work schedules and fatigue: a prospective cohort study.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The association between shift work and sick leave: a systematic review.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2012Pooled it
- Flexible working conditions and their effects on employee health and wellbeing.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2010Pooled it
- Rhodiola rosea for mental and physical fatigue in nursing students: a randomized controlled trial.PloS one · 2014Trial
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- Fatigue as a key human factor in complex sociotechnical systems: Vessel Traffic Services.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Quality of life of Brazilian industrial workers: a review article.Revista brasileira de medicina do trabalho : publicacao oficial da Associacao Nacional de Medicina do Trabalho-ANAMT · 2020Article
- Risk factors for fatigue among airline pilots.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2017Article
- Sleep, Fatigue and Quality of Life: A Comparative Analysis among Night Shift Workers with and without Children.PloS one · 2016Article
- Fatigue and Psychological Distress: A Case Study Among Shift Workers of an Iranian Petrochemical Plant, During 2013, in Bushehr.Iranian Red Crescent medical journal · 2015Article
- Shift schedules, work factors, and mental health among onshore and offshore workers in the Norwegian petroleum industry.Industrial health · 2015Article
- The effect of work-time influence on health and well-being: a quasi-experimental intervention study among eldercare workers.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2011Article
- The moderating effect of work-time influence on the effect of shift work: a prospective cohort study.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2011Article
- Work factors as predictors of persistent fatigue: a prospective study of nurses' aides.Occupational and environmental medicine · 2006Article
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Abstract
aims(1) To describe the prevalence of fatigue among employees in different work schedules (day work, three-shift, five-shift, and irregular shift work); (2) to investigate whether different work schedules are related to increasing fatigue over time, while taking into account job title and job characteristics; and (3) to study fatigue among shift workers changing to day work.
methodsData from nine consecutive four-monthly self administered questionnaires from the Maastricht Cohort Study on Fatigue at work (n = 12 095) were used with 32 months of follow up. Day and shift workers were matched on job title.
resultsThe prevalence of fatigue was 18.1% in day workers, 28.6% in three-shift, 23.7% in five-shift, and 19.1% in irregular shift workers. For three-shift and five-shift workers substantial higher fatigue levels were observed compared to day workers at baseline measurement. In the course of fatigue over the 32 months of follow up there were only small and insignificant differences between employees in different work schedules. However, among employees fatigued at baseline, fatigue levels decreased faster over time among five-shift workers compared to fatigued day workers. Shift workers changing to day work reported substantially higher fatigue levels prior to change, compared to those remaining in shift work.
conclusionsSubstantial differences in fatigue existed between day and shift workers. However, as no considerable differences in the course of fatigue were found, these differences have probably developed within a limited time span after starting in a shift work job. Further, evidence was found that fatigue could be an important reason for quitting shift work and moving to day work. Finally, in the relation between work schedules and fatigue, perceived job characteristics might play an important role.
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