Effects of 8 and 12 hour non-rotating shift schedules for security and protective services workers.

Details

• Personal Author:
  Aydin Z
• Description:
  Shiftwork is a major feature of working life in today's world. Increasing the workday length is a new trend in alternative work schedules. The features of a shift system operation can have an impact on sleep, alertness, and the well-being of shift workers. The objective of this study is to evaluate security and protective services employees working in non-rotating shift systems of 8-hour and 12-hour schedules. New Jersey Institute of Technology's Public Safety Department staff was studied to examine how non-rotating shift schedules affect sleep, alertness, and wellness under five different work schedules. A survey instrument, approved by the Institutional Review Board was used to acquire data from the participants (n=39). The survey included 29 questions covering alertness, sleep habits, and wellness factors. The survey data were statistically analyzed using single factor ANOVA to compare a 12 h compressed work schedule to an 8 h regular work schedule. The results of the study strongly support (p<0.10) the hypothesis that a decreasing level of alertness, and increasing sleep and health problems are associated with a non-rotating 12 h shift. These findings are similar to those of previous researchers highlighting the negative effects of a 12 h rotating shift on workers. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Law Enforcement Occupational Health Safety Shift Work Schedule Sleep Sleep Initiation And Maintenance Disorders Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Work schedules; Shift work; Sleep deprivation; Worker health; Police officers; Questionnaires; Health effects
• Publisher:
  New Jersey Institute of Technology
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Thesis
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-78
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065800
• Citation:
  Newark, NJ: New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2017 Dec; :1-78
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2018
• Performing Organization:
  Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Effects of 8 and 12 hour non-rotating shift schedules for security and protective services workers
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:cdd47be9e836a947d7d65c4cd6ead90f80620854cb75983144ff2f202d45b8da13deaa9930a51ae023a28c4d655c2f8eab985e193cd8dd9168ba24cfbf9c4829
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/249552/cdc_249552_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.31 MB ]