BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to assess the association between night shift work and the prevalence of diseases and conditions among nurses and midwives. MATERIAL AND METHODS The study included 725 subjects (354 working on night shifts and 371 working only during the day). The data were collected via an interview based on the "Standard Shiftwork Index". We analyzed the frequency of dis...

This study aimed to assess whether night shift work is associated with the risk of depression by using a meta-analysis of observational studies. We searched PubMed and EMBASE in August, 2016 to locate eligible studies and investigated the association between night shift work and the risk of depression, reporting outcome measures with adjusted odds ratios (ORs) or relative risks (RRs) and 95% co...

OBJECTIVES To investigate of the effects of distribution of rest days in 12 hour shift systems. Although several studies have examined the effects of compressing work schedules by comparing 8 and 12 hour shift systems, there is little published research examining the various forms of 12 hour shift system. METHODS An abridged version of the standard shiftwork index which included retrospective...

Background: Shift work is highly prevalent in industrialized societies. Work hours that displace sleep to the daytime and work to the night time will interfere with the circadian and homeostatic regulation of sleep. Such work hours has pronounced negative effects on sleep, subjective and physiological sleepiness, performance, accident risk as well as on health outcomes.Work hours that displace ...