A systematic review of the sleep, sleepiness, and performance implications of limited wake shift work schedules

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 425-440

  Short, Michelle A ^a,b,c   Agostini, Alexandra ^a   Lushington, Kurt ^a   Dorrian, Jillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BUSHFIRE COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Continuous operation; Performance; Split shift; Split sleep; Sustained operation

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; MARITIME TRADE; SAFETY; SLEEP; TIME ALLOCATION; WORKPLACE;

ACTIMETRY; ALERTNESS; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; KAROLINSKA SLEEPINESS SCALE; LIMITED WAKE SHIFT WORK SCHEDULE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; SAILOR; SHIFT WORKER; SLEEP; SLEEP TIME; SOMNOLENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WORK SCHEDULE; META ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TIME FACTOR; WAKEFULNESS; WORKPLACE;

SCOPUS;

HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS, CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84940837280     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: 1795990X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.3509     Document Type: Review

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