Association of job strain with working hours, shift-dependent perceived workload, sleepiness and recovery

Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1640-1651

  Karhula, Kati ^a,b   Härmä, Mikko ^a   Sallinen, Mikael ^a,c   Hublin, Christer ^a   Virkkala, Jussi ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^a,b,d   Vahtera, Jussi ^a,e,f   Puttonen, Sampsa ^a,b  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

need for recovery from work; nursing; shift planning; shift work; work stress

Indexed keywords

FIELD MEASUREMENT; JOB CONTENT QUESTIONNAIRES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEED FOR RECOVERIES; PHYSICAL WORKLOADS; SHIFT SCHEDULING; SHIFT WORK; WORK STRESS;

ERGONOMICS; NURSING;

RECOVERY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOMNOLENCE; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; DISORDERS OF EXCESSIVE SOMNOLENCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84887996822     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2013.837514     Document Type: Article

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