title: Relationship Between Shift Work and Personality Traits of Nurses and Their Coping Strategies.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Because of social progress, population growth, industrialization, and the requirements of some jobs, a significant percentage of employees are working in shifts. Shift work is considered a threat to health that could have unfavorable effects on various aspects of human life. This study investigated the relationship between shift work and the personality traits of nurses and their coping strategies in a selection of non-governmental hospitals in Tehran in 2014.
  
  
  METHODS
  This applied cross-sectional descriptive research employed the Standard Shift work Index and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) which, after confirmation of its validity and reliability (Cronbach's alpha 0.73), were distributed among 305 nurses from 6 non-governmental hospitals in Tehran selected through cluster random sampling. Data was analyzed in two statistical levels: descriptive and inferential.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Results revealed that 43.6% of the nurses participating in the study were introverted and 56.4% were extroverted. There are significant relationships between age and physical health (P=0.008), sex and physical health (P=0.015), educational level and physical health (P=0.014), sex and cognitive, somatic anxiety (P=0.006), age and social-family status (P=0.001), marital status and social-family status (P=0.001), having a second job and social-family status (P=0.001), educational level and sleep and fatigue (P=0.002), work experience and coping strategies (P=0.044), and sleep and fatigue and personality traits (P=0.032).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Complying with the standards of working hours for nurses and avoiding overtime when scheduling, especially for nurses with more work experience, can prevent the severe complications of shift work, enhance health, and ultimately enhance the quality of care. By improving the physical, psychological, and social health of nurses, the quality of patient care can be expected to improve, too.
authors.affiliation: Department Health management&Economics,School of public Health,Tehran University of Medical Sciences. farzianp@sina.tums.ac.ir.
authors.forename: Fereshteh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Farzianpour
authors.forename: Saeadeh Ansari
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Nosrati
authors.forename: Abbas Rahimi
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Foroushani
authors.forename: Fateme
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Hasanpour
authors.forename: Zahra Khakdel
authors.initials: ZK
authors.lastname: Jelodar
authors.forename: Meysam Safi
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Keykale
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bakhtiari
authors.forename: Niusha Shahidi
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology*; D010551:Personality; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D012890:Sleep; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors