Effects of extended work shifts on employee fatigue, health, satisfaction, work/family balance, and patient safety

Autor: Madeleine Estryn-Behar, B.I.J.M. van der Heijden
Přispěvatelé: Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 41, 4283-4290
Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation, 41, 1, pp. 4283-4290
Work, 41(suppl.1), 4283-4290. IOS Press
ISSN: 1875-9270
1051-9815
DOI: 10.3233/wor-2012-0724-4283
Popis: 12-hour shifts are quickly spreading in Europe. From our multivariate analysis concerning 25,924 European nurses, including twenty explanatory variables simultaneously, we found that work schedule itself is not a major determinant factor. Nurses aim to choose or accept night shifts or 12-hour shift in order to reduce their work/home conflicts, however, at the expense of the patient's safety, as well as their own health and safety. Therefore, it is important to develop measures, such as extended child care, association of nurses to the elaboration of their rota, 9- or 10-hour shifts in the afternoon, allowing naps during night shifts, and reduction of changing shifts with short notice. Work schedules must be organized in order to allow time for shift handover, social support and team building.
Databáze: OpenAIRE