Changes in psychophysiological functions during night shift in nurses Influence of changing from a full-day to a half-day work shift before night duty

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 83-90

  Kobayashi, Fumio ^a   Furui, Hikari ^a   Akamatsu, Yasuhiro ^a   Watanabe, Takemasa ^a   Horibe, Hiroshi ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous function; Night shift; NK cell activity; Nurse; Stress hormone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROLACTIN;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOOD; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NIGHT WORK; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; STRESS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AFFECT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; PROLACTIN; SLEEP; STRESS; TIME FACTORS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 0031060068     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050120     Document Type: Article

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