Abstract:
OBJECTIVES:Previous research has produced conflicting evidence on the relative merits of advancing and delaying shift systems. The current study assessed the effects of the direction of shift rotation within 8 hour systems, upon a range of measures including sleep, on shift alertness, physical health, and psychological wellbeing. METHODS:An abridged version of the standard shiftwork index which included retrospective alertness ratings was completed by four groups of industrial shiftworkers on relatively rapidly rotating 8 hour systems (n=611). Two groups worked continuous systems that were either advancing or delaying; the other two groups worked discontinuous systems that were either advancing or delaying. RESULTS:Few effects were found of direction of rotation on chronic measures of health and wellbeing, even when the systems incorporated "quick returns" (a break of only 8 hours when changing from one shift to another). This was despite the use of measures previously shown to be sensitive to the effects of a broad range of features of shift systems. However, advancing continuous systems seemed to be associated with marginally steeper declines in alertness across the shift (F (3,1080)=2.87, p<0.05). They were also associated with shorter sleeps between morning shifts (F (1,404)=4.01, p<0.05), but longer sleeps between afternoons (F (1,424)=4.16, p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS:The absence of negative effects of advancing shifts upon the chronic outcome measures accorded with previous evidence that advancing shifts may not be as harmful as early research indicated. However, this interpretation is tempered by the possibility that difficult shift systems self select those workers most able to cope with their deleterious effects. The presence of quick returns in advancing continuous systems seemed to impact upon some of the acute measures such as duration of sleep, although the associated effects on alertness seemed to be marginal.
journal_name
Occup Environ Medjournal_title
Occupational and environmental medicineauthors
Tucker P,Smith L,Macdonald I,Folkard Sdoi
10.1136/oem.57.10.678subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-10-01 00:00:00pages
678-84issue
10eissn
1351-0711issn
1470-7926journal_volume
57pub_type
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.52.11.715
更新日期:1995-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
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doi:10.1136/oem.53.4.235
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/oem.2007.037929
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Limited evidence suggests the association between severity of acute occupational pesticide poisoning and depressive symptoms in farmers. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between occupational pesticide exposure and depressive symptoms among male farmers in South Korea. METHODS:A natio...
journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oemed-2012-101005
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.53.1.6
更新日期:1996-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.56.12.793
更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.2005.020784
更新日期:2006-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.2009.048058
更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:1998-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/oem.2009.050070
更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.2005.023952
更新日期:2007-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oemed-2020-106413
更新日期:2020-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.58.8.540
更新日期:2001-08-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1136/oemed-2014-102150
更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.51.4.267
更新日期:1994-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oemed-2019-105961
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.54.9.667
更新日期:1997-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/oem.59.9.575
更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2015-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.51.9.593
更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.51.7.435
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.57.1.58
更新日期:2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:To investigate the frequency, circumstances, and causes of occupational accidents aboard merchant ships in international trade, and to identify risk factors for the occurrence of occupational accidents as well as dangerous working situations where possible preventive measures may be initiated. METHODS:The s...
journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.59.2.85
更新日期:2002-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.57.12.818
更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oemed-2012-100665
更新日期:2012-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.56.12.833
更新日期:1999-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.58.3.172
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oemed-2013-101693
更新日期:2014-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Occupational and environmental medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/oem.54.10.729
更新日期:1997-10-01 00:00:00