The impact of night work on subjective reports of well-being: an exploratory study of health care workers from five nations

Revista de Saúde Pública

Donald I Tepas²  Janet L Barnes-farrell¹  Natalia Bobko¹  Frida M Fischer¹  Irena Iskra-golec¹  Ljiljana Kaliterna¹ 

[1] ,University of Connecticut Connecticut Transportation Institute Storrs,USA

关键词: Shift work;    Night work;    Health occupations;    Work hours;    Occupational health;    Perception;    Age factors;    Fatigue;    Stress;    Trabalho em turnos;    Trabalho noturno;    Ocupações em saúde;    Jornada de trabalho;    Saúde ocupacional;    Percepção;    Fatores etários;    Fadiga;    Estresse;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0034-89102004000700005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

OBJECTIVE: To carry out a survey data collection from health care workers in Brazil, Croatia, Poland, Ukraine and the USA with two primary goals: (1) to provide information about which aspects of well-being are most likely to need attention when shiftwork management solutions are being developed, and (2) to explore whether nations are likely to differ with respect to the impacts of night work on the well-being of workers involved in health care work. METHODS: The respondents from each nation were sorted into night worker and non-night worker groups. Worker perceptions of being physically tired, mentally tired, and tense at the end of the workday were examined. Subjective reports of perceived felt age were also studied. For each of these four dependent variables, an ANCOVA analysis was carried out. Hours worked per week, stability of weekly work schedule, and chronological age were the covariates for these analyses. RESULTS: The results clearly support the general proposal that nations differ significantly in worker perceptions of well-being. In addition, perceptions of physical and mental tiredness at the end of the workday were higher for night workers. For the perception of being physically tired at the end of a workday, the manner and degree to which the night shift impacts the workers varies by nation. CONCLUSIONS: Additional research is needed to determine if the nation and work schedule differences observed are related to differences in job tasks, work schedule structure, off-the-job variables, and/or other worker demographic variables.

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