Short rest periods between work shifts predict sleep and health problems in nurses at 1-year follow-up

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 555-561

  Flo, Elisabeth ^a,b   Pallesen, Ståle ^a,b   Moen, Bente Elisabeth ^b   Waage, Siri ^a,b   Bjorvatn, Bjørn ^a,b  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; DYSSOMNIAS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REST; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84905119763     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-102007     Document Type: Article

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