Health Consequences of Shift Work

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• Personal Author:
  Colligan, Michael J. ; Polly SJ ; Skjei EW ; Tasto, Donald L.
• Description:
  The effect of working unconventional hours, i.e. afternoon, night, and rotating shifts, on the psychological and physiological well being of workers is investigated. Data from 1,200 nurses and a similar number of food processors were collected by review of health and accident files and by administration of a lengthy questionnaire. Areas of inquiry included: basic subject demography, incidence and prevalence of physical complaints, illness histories, eating patterns, sleep patterns, medication usage, lifestyle and domestic patterns, and psychological profiles. Findings confirm studies of European shift workers that demonstrate a significantly greater difficulty in adapting to work schedules experienced by all shift workers other than day shift workers. Rotating shift workers, i.e. those who not only work at unconventional hours but who also move from shift to shift, clearly encounter the most difficulty in adjusting their psychobiological rhythms and patterns to their work schedules. These data suggest that shift work may pose a distinct health hazard for certain rotating shift workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Occupational Health Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Contract-210-75-0072 Health-surveys Job-rotation NIOSH-Contract Occupational-health Physiological-response Safety-factors
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DBBS - Division of Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-114
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00080939
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB80-176563
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 78-154, 1978 Mar; :1-114
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1978
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/209337/cdc_209337_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 4.54 MB ]