Nurses' workload associated with 16-h night shifts. II: Effects of a nap taken during the shifts

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-225

  Takahashi, Masaya ^a   Arito, Heihachiro ^a   Fukuda, Hideki ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nap; Night work; Nurse; Two shift system; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SLEEP; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SLEEP; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033026607     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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