Did a brief nap break have positive benefits on information processing among nurses working on the first 8-h night shift?

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 104-108

  Chang, Yu San ^a,b,c   Wu, Yu Hsuan ^c   Lu, Mei Rou ^c   Hsu, Chung Yao ^d   Liu, Ching Kuan ^d   Hsu, Chin ^e  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Superintendent of Kaohsiung Kai Syuan Psychiatric Hospital   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Nap; Night shift

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; NURSING;

COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESS; NAP; NIGHT SHIFT; SAMPLE SIZES; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ATTENTION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SLEEP TIME; WAKEFULNESS; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME; WORK SCHEDULE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SLEEP; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 84922813139     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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