Title
Associations between shift schedule characteristics with sleep, need for recovery, health and performance measures for regular (semi-)continuous 3-shift systems
Author
van de Ven, H.A.
Brouwer, S.
Koolhaas, W.
Goudswaard, A.
de Looze, M.P.
Kecklund, G.
Almansa, J.
Bültmann, U.
van der Klink, J.J.L.
Publication year
2016
Abstract
In this cross-sectional study associations were examined between eight shift schedule characteristics with shift-specific sleep complaints and need for recovery and generic health and performance measures. It was hypothesized that shift schedule characteristics meeting ergonomic recommendations are associated with better sleep, need for recovery, health and performance. Questionnaire data were collected from 491 shift workers of 18 companies with 9 regular (semi)-continuous shift schedules. The shift schedule characteristics were analyzed separately and combined using multilevel linear regression models. The hypothesis was largely not confirmed. Relatively few associations were found, of which the majority was in the direction as expected. In particular early starts of morning shifts and many consecutive shifts seem to be avoided. The healthy worker effect, limited variation between included schedules and the cross-sectional design might explain the paucity of significant results. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd and The Ergonomics Society.
Subject
Life
SP - Sustainable Productivity and Employability
ELSS - Earth, Life and Social Sciences
Work and Employment
Workplace
Healthy Living
Fatigue
Health
Shift work
Sleep
Work functioning
Work schedule tolerance
Fatigue of materials
Health
Recovery
Regression analysis
Need for recoveries
Work schedules
Sleep research
Cross-sectional study
Human
Human experiment
Linear regression analysis
Model
Statistical model
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apergo.2016.04.004
TNO identifier
535483
ISSN
0003-6870
Source
Applied Ergonomics, 56, 203-212
Document type
article