"A hard day's night?" The effects of Compressed Working Week interventions on the health and work-life balance of shift workers: A Systematic review

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 764-777

  Bambra, Clare ^a   Whitehead, M ^b   Sowden, A ^c   Akers, J ^c   Petticrew, M ^d  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; LITERATURE REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WORKING CONDITIONS;

ABSENTEEISM; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FATIGUE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORKING TIME;

EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FATIGUE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RESEARCH DESIGN; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 50149094467     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.067249     Document Type: Review

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