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Excessive sleepiness of Thai night shift workers in medical circumstances indexed by Epworth Sleepiness Scale

open access: yesAsian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2019
Background: Excessive sleepiness is a cardinal symptom of many sleep disorders including shift work sleep disorder. As shift work sleep disorder is one type of the circadian rhythms sleep–wake disorders (CRSDs), it composes of symptoms of insomnia or ...
Phuttharaksa Phucharoen   +1 more
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Collective narratives and politics in the contemporary study of work : the new management practices debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
In this article we explore the question of how as sociologists of work we might research those who constitute the substance of our labour process. We approach this question through an examination of the New Management Practices debate, principally in the
Martinez Lucio, M., Stewart, Paul
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Quality of Sleep Among Shift Work Nurses at the Baguio General Hospital: A Pilot Cross - Sectional Study

open access: yesPhilippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2022
Objective: The primary objective of this study was to determine the quality of sleep among 12- hour shift-work nurses at the Baguio General Hospital using the Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI).
Kathrynne Endenna Andaya
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Health disorders of shift workers [PDF]

open access: yesOccupational Medicine, 2003
The effects of shift work on physiological function through disruption of circadian rhythms are well described. However, shift work can also be associated with specific pathological disorders. This article reviews the evidence for a relationship between specific medical disorders and working at night or on shift systems.
openaire   +2 more sources

The acute effects of working time patterns on fatigue and sleep quality using daily measurements of 6195 observations among 223 shift workers

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2021
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to estimate acute effects of roster characteristics on fatigue and sleep quality and investigated whether these effects differed by individual characteristics.
Hardy A van de Ven   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Parental participation in statutory child protection intervention in Scotland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
In recent years there has been an increasing interest in understanding parental participation in the processes that characterise statutory child protection intervention.
Jackson, Sharon   +2 more
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The association between the use of shift schedule evaluation tool with ergonomics recommendations and occupational injuries: A 4-year prospective cohort study among healthcare workers

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2023
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to find out whether utilizing a shift schedule evaluation tool with ergonomics recommendations for working hours has favorable effects on the incidence of occupational injuries.
Rahman Shiri   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Metabolic syndrome in fixed-shift workers [PDF]

open access: yesRevista de Saúde Pública, 2015
OBJECTIVE To analyze if metabolic syndrome and its altered components are associated with demographic, socioeconomic and behavioral factors in fixed-shift workers.METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on a sample of 902 shift workers of both sexes in a poultry processing plant in Southern Brazil in 2010.
Canuto, Raquel   +4 more
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Sleep disorders in shift workers

open access: yesИзвестия на Съюза на учените – Варна Серия „Медицина и екология”, 2022
In the modern industrialized world, 24-hour service has become a necessity for public safety, healthcare and many other services. As a result of this, every one in five workers has working hours outside of the standard 9 AM to 5 PM. Part of them develop shift work disorder (SWD) – a condition caused by the disrupted circadian rhythm, which leads to ...
Alexandra Yankova   +3 more
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Melatonin Rhythms in Night Shift Workers [PDF]

open access: yesSleep, 1992
For some time, it has remained uncertain whether the circadian rhythms of permanent night shift workers are adapted to their night-active schedule. Previous studies of this question have often been limited by "masking" (evoked) effects of sleep and activity on body temperature and cortisol, used as marker rhythms.
R L, Sack, M L, Blood, A J, Lewy
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