Year: 2020
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Alternate work is known to cause physical and mental health disorders for employees that can alter their quality of life and sleep. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this research was to evaluate workers quality of life and sleep in situations of alternate work. RESULTS: In total, 391 workers answered the questionnaire. According to the type of schedule, 320 employees worked alternately on a 2×8 shift schedule and 71 worked on a permanent night shift schedule. The group of employees working at night had a better quality of life than the group of employees working in 2×8 in terms of both their physical and mental scores (P < 10-3). Type 2×8 workers were found to have excessive daytime sleepiness as compared to those on fixed night schedules. CONCLUSIONS: Shortly, we can deduce from this study that alternating day shift work causes a deterioration of workers' quality of life of and generates sleep disorders..
Source: Santé Publique
Institution: Hôpital Charles-Nicolle
Language: French
Subfield: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W3003198878