Subjective and objective sleepiness among oil rig workers during three different shift schedules

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-72

  Waage, Siri ^a,b   Harris, Anette ^a,b   Pallesen, Ståle ^a,c   Saksvik, Ingvild B ^a   Moen, Bente E ^a,c   Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Uni Research   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Accumulated Time with Sleepiness; Karolinska Sleepiness Scale; Night work; Reaction time; Shift work; Sleepiness

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATED TIME WITH SLEEPINESS; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; KAROLINSKA SLEEPINESS SCALE; MALE; OIL INDUSTRY; OIL RIG WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SHIFT WORKER; SOMNOLENCE; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; EXTRACTION AND PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PETROLEUM; REACTION TIME; SLEEP; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84355162116     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: 18785506     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sleep.2011.04.009     Document Type: Article

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