Nurses' workload associated with 16-h night shifts on the 2-shift system. I: Comparison with the 3-shift system

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 219-221

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

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

16 h night shift; 2 shift system; Fatigue; Heart rate; Nap; Nurse; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOMNOLENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AROUSAL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033066990     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1819.1999.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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