Impairment of perceptual and motor abilities at the end of a night shift is greater in nurses working fast rotating shifts

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 866-869

  Chang, Yu San ^a   Wu, Yu Hsuan ^a   Hsu, Chung Yao ^b,c   Tang, Shu Hui ^a   Yang, Li Ling ^a   Su, Shu Fang ^a  

^a KAI SUAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive function; Fast rotation; Nurse; Perceptual motor ability; Shift work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGIT SYMBOL SUBSTITUTION TEST; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FAST ROTATION SHIFT; FATIGUE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NIGHT SHIFT; NURSE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RATING SCALE; SHIFT WORKER; STANFORD SLEEPINESS SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; SYMBOL SEARCHING TEST; TAIWAN; TAIWAN UNIVERSITY ATTENTION TEST; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80455174570     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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