An Exploration of Shift Work, Fatigue, and Gender Among Police Officers: The BCOPS Study

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Charles LE ; Fekedulegn D ; Ma CC ; Owens SL ; Violanti JM
• Description:
  The present study examined the association between shift work and fatigue among male (n = 230) and female (n = 78) police officers. A 15-year work history database was used to define dominant shifts as day, afternoon, or night. A 10-item questionnaire created from the Standard Shiftwork Index (SSI) assessed fatigue. Genderstratified analyses of variance and covariance and Poisson regression were used to compare means and prevalence of individual items across shifts. No significant differences in total fatigue scores were observed across shifts. However, the prevalence of the fatigue item "feelings of tiredness" was 89% higher among male officers working the afternoon shift compared with officers working the day shift (prevalence ratio [PR] = 1.89, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [1.12, 3.23], p = .020), after adjustment for covariates. Women reported a lower prevalence of tiredness than men on the afternoon shift. Organizations with afternoon shift workers should consider reducing fatigue at work through education and other methods. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Fatigue Law Enforcement Men Occupational Health Safety Shift Work Schedule Surveys And Questionnaires Women
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Police Gender Humans Police Officers Questionnaires Shift Work Statistical Analysis Tiredness
• ISSN:
  2165-0799
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New Hampshire ; New York ; OSHA Region 1 ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  66
• Issue:
  11
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051163
• Citation:
  Workplace Health Saf 2018 Nov; 66(11):530-537
• Contact Point Address:
  John M. Violanti, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 270 Farber Hall, Buffalo, NY 14214, USA
• Email:
  violanti@buffalo.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2019
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  State University of New York at Buffalo
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20100901
• Source Full Name:
  Workplace Health & Safety
• End Date:
  20150831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:3bb3131e5806e7296a55004c4842b8a5a900ade1fe7b9e459be299eb8c34aff8d3e3acf8e66e8b0ed498f590a3edf38d4a757463612f00594e2bbf898104368c
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/211259/cdc_211259_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 180.96 KB ]