Sleep quality and quality of life in female shift-working nurses

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1565-1572

  Shao, Ming Fen ^a   Chou, Yu Ching ^b   Yeh, Mei Yu ^c   Tzeng, Wen Chii ^b  

^a Taoyuan Mental Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Females; Nurses; Occupational health; Quality of life; Shift work; Sleep quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TAIWAN; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TAIWAN; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954189799     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05300.x     Document Type: Article

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