Need for cognition moderates the impairment of decision making caused by nightshift work in nurses

Scientific Reports

Lei Wang¹  Huijie Lu²  Jing Lv³  Jiaxi Peng⁴  Yongcong Shao⁴  Jiaxi Zhang⁵ 

[1] Department of Medical Psychology, Strategic Support Force Medical Center, Beijing, China;Department of Military Medical Psychology, Air Force Medical University, Xi’an, China;Department of Psychology, The Second Medical Center and National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China;School of Psychology, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China;Xi’an Research Institute of High-Technology, Xi’an, China;

DOI  :  10.1038/s41598-022-05843-2

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

The current study explores the effect of nightshift work on the decision-making competence and performance of the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT) and analyzes whether individual differences in the need for cognition (NFC) can moderate this effect. A total of 107 female nurses were recruited to complete the decision-making competence scale and IGT at two times, after a night shift and after a day shift. The results revealed that the IGT scores and decision-making competence of nurses after nightshift work significantly declined, and also that the decrease in decision-making competence was related to the nurses’ performance of the IGT. Additionally, the decreasing degree of IGT and decision-making competence scores of the high-NFC group were significantly lower than those of the low-NFC group after nightshift work. In can be concluded that the decrease in decision-making competence which was related with poor decision-making due to nightshift work. NFC moderated the effect of nightshift work on decision-making.

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