Shift work and occupational stress in police officers.

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• Personal Author:
  Andrew, Michael E. ; Burchfiel CM ; Charles LE ; Fekedulegn D ; Gu JK ; Hartley TA ; Ma CC ; Violanti JM
• Description:
  Background: Shift work has been associated with occupational stress in health providers and in those working in some industrial companies. The association is not well-established in the law enforcement workforce. Our objective was to examine the association between shift work and police work-related stress. Methods: The number of stressful events that occurred in the previous month and year was obtained using the Spielberger Police Stress Survey among 365 police officers aged 27-66 years. Work hours were derived from daily payroll work history records. A dominant shift (day, afternoon, or night) was defined for each participant as the shift with the largest percent of total time a participant worked (starting time from 4 am to1:59 am, 12 pm to 7:59 pm, and 8 pm to 3:59 am for day, afternoon and night, respectively) in the previous month or year. Analysis of variance and covariance were used to examine the number of total and subscale (administrative/professional pressure, physical/psychological danger, or organizational support) stressful events across shift. Results: During the previous month and year, officers working the afternoon and night shifts reported more stressful events than day shift officers for total stress, administrative/professional pressure, and physical/psychological danger (p<0.05). This association was independent of age, gender, race/ethnicity, and police rank. The frequency of these stressful events did not differ significantly between officers working the afternoon and night shifts. Conclusion: Non-day shift work was associated with police-specific stress in this cohort. Interventions to reduce or manage police stress that are tailored by shift may be considered. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Law Enforcement Occupational Health Safety Shift Work Schedule Stress, Psychological
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Occupational Stress; Police Officer; Shift Work Shift Work; Job Stress; Law Enforcement Workers; Police Officers; Work Schedules; BCOPS;
• ISSN:
  2093-7911
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; 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
• Pages in Document:
  25-29
• Volume:
  6
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045309
• Citation:
  Saf Health Work 2015 Mar; 6(1):25-29
• Contact Point Address:
  Claudia C. MA, M. S., M. P. H., National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HELD/BEB, Mailstop L-4050, 1095 Willowdale Road, Morgantown, WV 26505-2888
• Email:
  iia4@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2015
• NORA Priority Area:
  Public Safety
• Performing Organization:
  State University of New York at Buffalo
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Safety and Health at Work
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:94833b1b02a14c97aa7719c5c657c4e8c3c18891b007eb58d1d691b00158e0750ba0fcc7cb0aa2014e23353cc4e02b2e56c9aba294ebc1390278f7bd171bab4a
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249198/cdc_249198_DS1.pdf
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