Sleep quality of call handlers employed in international call centers in national capital region of Delhi, India

International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 207-214

  Raja, J D ^a   Bhasin, S K ^b  

^a SAVEETHA MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Sleep disorders; Social support; Telecommunications; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INSOMNIA; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP QUALITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TELECOMMUNICATION; WORKLOAD; ADOLESCENT; CALL CENTER; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALL CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSPORTATION; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988591349     PISSN: 20086520     EISSN: 20086814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijoem.2016.783     Document Type: Article

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