Work stressors, perseverative cognition and objective sleep quality: A longitudinal study among dutch helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) pilots

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 469-477

  Radstaak, Mirjam ^a   Geurts, Sabine A E ^a   Beckers, Debby G J ^a   Brosschot, Jos F ^b   Kompier, Michiel A J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Actigraph; Recovery; Rumination; Shift work; Stress; Worrying

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; COGNITION; CONFLICT; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AIR AMBULANCES; COGNITION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84920102406     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.14-0118-OA     Document Type: Article

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