Shift work, in particular night work, can have a negative impact on health and well-being of workers as it can cause: (a) disturbances of the normal circadian rhythms of the psychophysiological functions, beginning with the sleep/wake cycle; (b) interferences with work performance and efficiency...
Impact of night shifts on sleeping patterns, psychosocial and physical well-being among healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary hospital in Saudi Arabia.quality in health carerisk managementpublic healthBackground Shift work and night shifts are very common in healthcare ...
Even so, the results add to evidence suggesting that shift work can have a negative impact on health, said Mahee Gilbert-Ouimet of the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto. Working at night and sleeping during the day can impair the body's production of melatonin, which may in turn co...
The general objective of this study is to assess the impact of night and shift-work on the health and well-being of female nurses in selected Khartoum hospitals. This cross-sectional study was conducted in four teaching hospitals in addition to two private hospitals. A total of 310 nurses ...
How the Night Shift Decreases Performance Many people are not aware of the issues inherent in working nights and other non-traditional shifts. We are just beginning to understand how night shifts impact health. People who work nights appear to have these unwanted health effects because they experie...
It includes measurements of psychological ill-health, physical ill-health, chronic fatigue, social and domestic disruption, attitudes towards shiftwork, sleep quality and sleep habits. Results showed clearly the impact of the number of consecutive nights worked on health and well-being, not directly,...
the National Academy of Sciences, Laura Kervezee, Marc Cuesta, Nicolas Cermakian and Diane B. Boivin, researchers at the DMHUI (CIUSSS de l'Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal), were able to show the impact that a four-day simulation of night shift work had on the expression of 20,000genes...
Night shift workers prone to snacking overnight or eating large meals late are at higher risk of developing chronic health problems, an Australian study finds. Summary:An Australian study finds that night shift workers who eat full meals or snacks overnight have worse glucose toleranc...
We assessed the impact of 12h fixed night shift (19:00–07:00h) work, followed by 36h of off-time, on the sleep–wake cycle, sleep duration, self-perceived sleep quality, and work-time alertness on a group composed of 5 registered and 15 practical nurses. Wrist actigraphy (Ambulatory ...
MONDAY, March 2 -- Working the night shift might lead to hormonal and metabolic changes that raise risks for obesity, diabetes and heart disease, researchers say. "In the long run, the physiological impact of shift work on several markers involved in the regulation of body weight -- leptin,...