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Police officers’ work–life balance, job satisfaction and quality of life: longitudinal effects after changing the shift schedule

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives To evaluate mental health-related outcomes of police officers 5.5 years after implementing a new alternating shift schedule which was supposed to improve their health and work–life balance.Design Pre–post study design with a baseline survey at
Marcial Velasco Garrido, Stefanie Mache, Volker Harth, Alexandra Marita Preisser, Elisabeth Rohwer, Robert Herold, Claudia Terschüren   +6 more
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Shift work, sleep, and sleepiness - differences between shift schedules and systems

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2010
In this narrative review, we examined what level of research evidence is available that shift workers' sleep-wake disturbances can be minimized through ergonomic shift scheduling. We classified the pertinent studies conducted on real shift workers in field conditions by the type of shift system and study design (ie, whether the shift systems were ...
Mikael Sallinen, Göran Kecklund
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Shifting schedules: the health effects of reorganizing shift work.

American journal of preventive medicine, 2008
Approximately one fifth of workers are engaged in some kind of shift work. The harmful effects of shift work on the health and work-life balance of employees are well known. A range of organizational interventions has been suggested to address these negative effects.This study undertook the systematic review (following Quality Of Reporting Of Meta ...
Bambra, C., Whitehead, M., Sowden, A., Akers, J., Petticrew, M.   +4 more
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Shift-related sleep problems vary according to work schedule [PDF]

Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2013
Shift-related sleep and sleepiness problems may be due to characteristics of both shifts (ie, day, evening and night shifts) and work schedules (ie, permanent vs rotational schedules). The Bergen Shift Work Sleep Questionnaire (BSWSQ) was used to investigate associations between shift-related sleep problems and work schedules.1586 nurses completed the ...
Elisabeth, Flo, Ståle, Pallesen, Torbjørn, Åkerstedt, Nils, Magerøy, Bente Elisabeth, Moen, Janne, Grønli, Inger Hilde, Nordhus, Bjørn, Bjorvatn   +7 more
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An Integrated Shift Schedule Assessment and Selection Procedure for Power & Water Plants in Kingdom of Bahrain

Management Systems in Production Engineering, 2021
The continues increase in population and market globalization necessitated offering additional services and mass production strategy deployment. Consequently, a dramatic increase in research studies have been directed towards mitigating the shift ...
Abbas Hussain Abdali, Mannai Bader Darwish Al   +1 more
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Shift Changes' Effects on Sleep Quality and Work Performance among Nurses Working in Bahrain's Intensive Care Units

Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences, 2023
Objective: To determine the difference in the sleep quality and work performance of nurses between one shift duty, two shifts duty, and three shifts duty in intensive care units at a government hospital in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Fatema Ateya Alaradi, Gayathri Priya, Fariba Al-Darazi   +2 more
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Multiple Shift Scheduling of Hierarchical Workforce with Multiple Work Centers [PDF]

Informatica, 2007
This paper is concerned with an employee scheduling problem involving multiple shifts and work centers, where employees belong to a hierarchy of categories having downward substi- tutability. An employee at a higher category may perform the duties of an employee at a lower category, but not vice versa.
Salem M. Al-Yakoob, Hanif D. Sherali
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Adapting shift work schedules for sleep quality, sleep duration, and sleepiness in shift workers

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2023
Shift work is associated with insufficient sleep, which can compromise worker alertness with ultimate effects on occupational health and safety. Adapting shift work schedules may reduce adverse occupational outcomes.To assess the effects of shift schedule adaptation on sleep quality, sleep duration, and sleepiness among shift workers.We searched ...
Hulsegge, G., Coenen, P., Gascon, G.M., Pahwa, M., Greiner, B., Bohane, C., Wong, I.S., Liira, J., Riera, R., Pachito, D.V.   +9 more
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Modifications of Cardiac Autonomic Profile Associated With a Shift Schedule of Work [PDF]

Circulation, 2000
Background —Shift work is associated with an increased rate of cardiovascular diseases and accidents. Discordance between circadian rhythms of stress-related biological variables and the work-sleep schedule might explain the reduced efficiency of work.
R. Furlan, F. Barbic, S. Piazza, M. Tinelli, P. Seghizzi, A. Malliani   +5 more
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A systematic review of the sleep, sleepiness, and performance implications of limited wake shift work schedules

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2015
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this review was to identify which limited wake shift work schedules (LWSW) best promote sleep, alertness, and performance. LWSW are fixed work/rest cycles where the time-at-work does is ≤8 hours and there is >1 rest period per day,
Michelle A Short, Alexandra Agostini, Kurt Lushington, Jillian Dorrian   +3 more
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