Quick returns and night work as predictors of sleep quality, fatigue, work–family balance and satisfaction with work hours

Chronobiology International

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 759-767

  Dahlgren, Anna ^a,b   Tucker, Philip ^b,c   Gustavsson, Petter ^a   Rudman, Ann ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Night work; Nurses; Quick returns; Sleep; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SLEEP; WORK SCHEDULE; WORK-LIFE BALANCE;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORK-LIFE BALANCE;

EID: 84963787540     PISSN: 07420528     EISSN: 15256073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07420528.2016.1167725     Document Type: Article

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