Effects of a change in shift work on health.
Aspects of health were studied in a sample of factory workers who changed their pattern of working from 'fortnight about' to three advancing shifts. Within the same factory and doing similar work there was a comparison group who were working permanent days only. The change in shifts was associated with more difficulty with sleep, more indigestion, higher alcohol consumption, reduced alertness and a worse social life. There was more minor psychiatric disturbance in those who worked three shifts than in those who worked days only.
Poole
C J
CJ
Institute of Occupational Health, University of Birmingham, UK.
Evans
G R
GR
Spurgeon
A
A
Bridges
K W
KW
D000041:Absenteeism; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000502:physiology* / Q000523:psychology*