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Shift work and the risk of knee osteoarthritis among Chinese workers: a retrospective cohort study
Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2020 OBJECTIVES: Shift work is associated with metabolic disorders as it disturbs circadian rhythms. However, the potential association of shift work with knee osteoarthritis (KOA), a metabolic-related disease, has not been confirmed.
Min Zhou +9 more
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Philippine 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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Scandinavian 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
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Health disorders of shift workers [PDF]
Occupational 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.
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Scandinavian 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
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Parental participation in statutory child protection intervention in Scotland [PDF]
, 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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Metabolic syndrome in fixed-shift workers [PDF]
Revista 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
Известия 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]
Sleep, 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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Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2017 Is shift work associated with higher mortality risk? That question has been the subject of much discussion for decades. Mortality risk includes concerns that reflect not only incidence but also case fatality, treatment, information of death certificates, and competing causes of death – especially in advanced age.
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