The impact of night work on subjective reports of well-being: An exploratory study of health care workers from five nations

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages 26-31

  Tepas, Donald I ^a   Barnes Farrell, Janet L ^b   Bobko, Natalia ^c   Fischer, Frida M ^d   Iskra Golec, Irena ^e   Kaliterna, Ljiljana ^f  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c Institute of Occupational Health   (Ukraine)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES IVO PILAR   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Age factors; Fatigue; Health occupations; Night work; Occupational health; Perception; Shift work; Stress; Work hours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NIGHT WORK; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; POLAND; SHIFT WORKER; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 12344273578     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102004000700005     Document Type: Article

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