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ReviewIndustrial health2019

Working Time Society consensus statements: Evidence-based effects of shift work on physical and mental health.

Claudia R C Moreno, Elaine C Marqueze, Charli Sargent, Kenneth P Wright Jr, Sally A Ferguson, Philip Tucker

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Review in Industrial health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 103 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

103 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. A Systematic Review of Nutrition Interventions for Shift Workers, With Subgroup Analysis of First Responder Populations.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2026
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  2. Work schedule characteristics and sleepiness - a meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026
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  7. Organizational Risk Factors for Aircrew Health: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023
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  8. Shift Work and Early Arterial Stiffness: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Claudia R C MorenoSchool of Public Health, University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Elaine C MarquezeDepartment of Epidemiology, Catholic University, Brazil.
Charli SargentAppleton Institute for Behavioural Science, School of Health, Medical, and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Australia.
Kenneth P Wright JrDepartment of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado Boulder, USA.
Sally A FergusonAppleton Institute for Behavioural Science, School of Health, Medical, and Applied Sciences, CQUniversity, Australia.
Philip TuckerStress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Potential effects of shift work on health are probably related to the misalignment between the light-dark cycle and the human activity-rest cycle. Light exposure at night mediates these effects, including social misalignment and leads to an inversion of activity and rest, which, in turn, is linked to changes in behaviours. This article reviews the epidemiological evidence on the association between shift work and health, and possible mechanisms underlying this association. First, evidence from findings of the meta-analyses and systematic reviews published in the last 10 yr is presented. In addition, it reports the larger single-occupation studies and recent large population-based studies of the general workforce. Koch's postulates were used to evaluate the evidence related to the development of disease as a result of exposure to shift work. Finally, we discussed limitations of the multiple pathways that link shift work with specific disorders and the methodological challenges facing shift work research. We concluded that the clearest indications of shift work being the cause of a disease are given when there is a substantial body of evidence from high quality field studies showing an association and there is good evidence from laboratory studies supporting a causal explanation of the link.

Indexed as

Circadian RhythmFemaleHumansLightMaleOccupational DiseasesShift Work ScheduleSleepWork Schedule ToleranceCircadian systemHealthNonstandard work hoursShift work

Identifiers

PMID30700667
PMCPMC6449637

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