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The Impact of Shift-Work and Night Shift-Work on Thyroid: A Systematic Review [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020 Thyroid hormones are regulated by the pituitary thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH), whose secretion presents a circadian rhythmicity. Indeed, it is conceivable that shift- and night shift-work, affecting sleep-wake rhythms, may impact thyroid functionality.
Veruscka Leso +4 more
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Journal of Sleep Research, 2006 SummaryShift work is a ubiquitous phenomenon and its adverse effects on workers’ physical and mental health have been documented. In the sleep literature, differentiating between the symptoms of fatigue and sleepiness, and developing appropriate objective and subjective measures, have become very important endeavors.
Jianhua, Shen +5 more
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Le rôle de l’expérience et du collectif en situation de relève de poste
Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé, 2015 Shift handovers contribute to the continuity of the work process and the reliability of information relays between two teams. However, the formalization and organization of these transmission periods are more or less devised in response to each specific ...
Valérie Le Bris +2 more
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Sleep Medicine, 2014 Shift work disorder involves insomnia and/or excessive sleepiness associated with the work schedule. The present study examined the impact of insomnia on the perceived physical and psychological health of adults working on night and rotating shift schedules compared to day workers.A total of 418 adults (51% women, mean age 41.4 years), including 51 ...
Annie, Vallières +4 more
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Shift Happens: Emergency Physician Perspectives on Fatigue and Shift Work
Clocks & Sleep, 2023 Research has shown that shiftworkers experience poor sleep and high levels of fatigue. Although considerable research has been performed on fatigue within many shift-work occupations, very little has been done with emergency physicians (EPs).
Zachary Klinefelter +5 more
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Sleep, 1985 Two hundred eighty-two three-shift workers on rotating schedules filled out a questionnaire on napping behavior. Fifty-one percent were habitual nappers, but these workers rarely napped when working the afternoon shift or on days off. Four patterns were seen: non-napping (49%), morning shift napping (18%), night shift napping (18%), and both night- and
T, Akerstedt, L, Torsvall
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Night-shift work is associated with increased pain perception
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2017 OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to determine whether shift workers exhibit increased perception of experimentally induced pain after working night shifts.
Dagfinn Matre +2 more
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Frontiers in Neurology, 2018 Insomnia and excessive sleepiness are among the most commonly reported sleep problems related to shift work. Sleep-related movement disorders have, however, received far less attention in relation to such work schedules.
Siri Waage +6 more
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Shift Work: A Perspective on Shift Work Disorder—Is Prevention the Answer? [PDF]
Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, 2019 The prevalence of shift work in the United States is nearly 20%, but recognition of shift work disorder (SWD) among shift workers is still a challenge. The health care sector is no exception. While a substantial portion of shift workers are physicians and nurses, expertise in identifying SWD is lacking.
Amit, Gupta +3 more
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Sleep Loss and Fatigue in Shift Work and Shift Work Disorder [PDF]
Sleep Medicine Clinics, 2009 Shift work is highly prevalent in industrialized societies (>20%) but, when it includes night work, it has pronounced negative effects on sleep, subjective and physiological sleepiness, performance, accident risk, as well as on health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease and certain forms of cancer.
Torbjörn, Akerstedt, Kenneth P, Wright
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