ReviewScandinavian journal of work, environment & health2024
Working hours and health - key research topics in the past and future.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Work schedule characteristics and sleepiness - a meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Pooled it
- Night-shift work and susceptibility to infectious diseases: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2025Pooled it
- Occupational determinants of national health screening participation: an analysis of the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES), 2007-2023.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2026Article
- Body mass index links night work intensity with higher low-grade systemic inflammation: results from a field study in humans.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2026Article
- Permanent night work and risk of injuries: A register-based cohort study using payroll data.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Article
- Long working hours and mortality outcomes: A systematic review with outcome-specific evidence synthesis.iScience · 2026Article
- Working time traffic light recommendations: development, use, and implementation in the Finnish social and healthcare.Industrial health · 2026Article
- Working Hour Characteristics and Risk of Occupational Accidents - A Case-crossover Study of the Retail Sector.Safety and health at work · 2026Article
- The compressed workweek in public health and social care - is it sustainable?Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2026Article
- A Participatory Artificial Intelligence Driven Shift-Scheduling Application for Improving Sleep Among Shift-Working Caregivers: A 4-Month Non-Randomised Controlled Study With Cross-Over Design.Journal of sleep research · 2026Article
- Night work and cancer risk: results from the ELSA-Brasil worker cohort.Revista de saude publica · 2026Article
- The relationship between work-family conflict and occupational stress in emergency department nurses: a cross-sectional correlational study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Changes in shift patterns due to the COVID-19 pandemic: a prospective cohort study of the intensive care nursing staff in hospitals in Stockholm.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2025Article
- Working hours indirectly affect anxiety symptoms through sleep and stress in dentists, physicians, and psychotherapists.Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju · 2025Article
- The relationship between shift work, sleep, and work hours on wellbeing.Industrial health · 2025Article
- Long working hours and cardiovascular disease mortality: Prospective evidence from the United States.Preventive medicine · 2025Article
- Effort-Reward Imbalance Among Emergency Department Nurses in China: Construction and Evaluation of a Nomogram Predictive Model.Journal of nursing management · 2025Article
- Direct and Indirect Effects of Prolonged Exposure to Long Working Hours on Risk Stroke Subtypes in the CONSTANCES Cohort.Journal of stroke · 2025Article
- When will we have enough evidence to require improvements at the workplace?Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Article
- Towards the year 2049: The next 25 years of occupational health and safety research.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2024Review
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Abstract
objectiveThis paper discusses the past and present highlights of working hours and health research and identifies key research needs for the future.
methodWe analyzed over 220 original articles and reviews on working hours and health in the Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health published during the last 50 years. Key publications from other journals were also included.
resultsThe majority of identified articles focussed on the effects of shift and night work, with fewer studying long and reduced working hours and work time control. We observed a transition from small-scale experimental and intensive field studies to large-scale epidemiological studies utilizing precise exposure assessment, reflecting the recent emergence of register-based datasets and the development of analytic methods and alternative study designs for randomized controlled designs. The cumulative findings provide convincing evidence that shift work and long working hours, which are often associated with night work and insufficient recovery, increase the risk of poor sleep and fatigue, sickness absence, occupational injuries, and several chronic health conditions such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer. The observed risks are strongly modified by individual and work-related factors.
conclusionsAlthough the observed health risks of shift work and long working hours are mostly low or moderate, the widespread prevalence of exposure and the hazardousness of the many associated potential outcomes makes such working time arrangements major occupational health risks. Further research is needed to identify exposure-response associations, especially in relation to the chronic health effects, and to elucidate underlying pathways and effective personalized intervention strategies.
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