title: Influences of shift work on fatigue among nurses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the symptoms of fatigue and physiological indices in nurses who work during the day with nurses who work in shifts.
  
  
  METHODS
  One-hundred and seven nurses were recruited and asked to assess their symptoms of fatigue before their work commenced and after it finished.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Using logistic regression analysis adjusted for covariates, it was found that nurses who work in shifts were more fatigued than nurses who work during the day (odds ratio = 2.44, P < 0.10). There was a significant difference regarding critical flicker fusion in the two groups of nurses (P = 0.032), and nurses who work in shifts had poorer physiological indices than nurses who work during the day.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is clear that differing work schedules result in differing levels of fatigue, with shift work attributing to higher levels than day work.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Nurse managers need to take into account the fatiguing effects of different work schedules when designing rostering patterns.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Su Chuan
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Ming Chih
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chou
authors.forename: Chiou Jong
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yen Ju
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Mei-Chu
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hung-Hsin
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hsien-Wen
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Kuo
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005221:Fatigue / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009729:Nursing; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011594:Psychometrics; D014940:Work Schedule Tolerance / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult