OBJECTIVE To evaluate the attention, learning and memory related cognitive functions after 12-hour day versus night shift-work in anaesthesia residents. METHOD Fifteen residents working on the day shift and 18 working on the night shift volunteered. All were interviewed with the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT), Visual Aural Digit Span Test (VADST), and State Trait Anxiety Inventory (...

BACKGROUND There is evidence in the scientific literature of the adverse physiological and psychological effects of shift work. The work of nurses in hospitals is connected with shift and night work. Several publications have described gastrointestinal disturbances in shift workers. The aim of this study was to compare the frequency of gastrointestinal (GI) complaints of nurses on a rotating sh...

BACKGROUND Limited research is available that examines the nutritional behaviour and health of hotel staff working alternating and regular shifts. AIMS To analyse the nutritional behaviour and health of employees working in alternating and regular shifts. METHODS The study used an ex post facto cross-sectional analysis to compare the nutritional behaviour and health parameters of workers wi...

OBJECTIVES The aim of the present study was to investigate whether the personality variables morningness, flexibility, languidity and hardiness could predict sleep-related shift work tolerance for the day, evening and night shifts, respectively. DESIGN Prospective study design with questionnaires administered in winter 2008/2009 (wave 1) and 2 years later in spring 2011 (wave 3). SETTING Di...

The aim of this study was to design ergonomically improved shift schedules for nurses in primary health care shift work in order to enhance their health and well-being. The main change made was the reduction of quick returns (i.e., no more morning shifts immediately after an evening shift) in order to ensure more recovery time between work shifts. Six municipal hospital units participated in th...

OBJECTIVES Limited data is available about incidence of acute transient symptoms associated with occupational exposure to static magnetic stray fields from MRI scanners. We aimed to assess the incidence of these symptoms among healthcare and research staff working with MRI scanners, and their association with static magnetic field exposure. METHODS We performed an observational study among 36...