Longitudinal data from the New Hope Project--an experimental evaluation of a work-based antipoverty program in Milwaukee, Wisconsin--was used to explore concurrent and lagged associations of nonstandard schedules and variable shifts with parental psychological well-being, regularity of family mealtimes, and child well-being among low-income families. Working a combination of variable shifts and...

Teachers often undertake nighttime work involving exam corrections, projects and devising lesson plans in their homes. Many present excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and depression. Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate EDS and depression in teachers from public schools. Methods 201 female teachers were evaluated in the district of Quipapá/PE, Brazil. Among the study sample...

results a significant higher serum pab value was observed in shift working and daytime nurses (152.28 ± 43.64 hk) in comparison to the control group (63.64 ± 34.41 hk index), p value = 0.001. in day time nurses, also serum pab between male (119.09 ± 47.14 hk) and female (162.53 ± 37.02 hk) in nursing workers was significant, p value = 0.005. in the night shift working nurses, there was also a s...

BACKGROUND People with type 1 diabetes may find diabetic control more difficult when working shifts. AIMS To investigate the proportion of people with type 1 diabetes in employment undertaking shift work and diabetic control as assessed by glycosylated haemoglobin (HbA1c) among individuals undertaking shift work compared to those not doing so. METHODS A postal questionnaire sent to all thos...

= Abstract = In order to elaborate the sleep-wake pattern changes manifested during controlled shift working of counterclockwise and clockwise rotations, eleven subjects were studied. A baseline sleep survey during uncontrolled shift working using a sleep questionnaire revealed that day and night shifts were found to have less total sleep time compared with evening and off duties, with delayed ...

BACKGROUND Despite concerns as to whether nurses can perform reliably and effectively when working longer shifts, a pattern of two 12- to 13-hour shifts per day is becoming common in many hospitals to reduce shift to shift handovers, staffing overlap, and hence costs. OBJECTIVES To describe shift patterns of European nurses and investigate whether shift length and working beyond contracted ho...