Causes of Rail Staff Fatigue: Results of Qualitative Analysis and a Diary Study

Fan, Jialin; Smith, Andrew Paul

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“…Second, we analyzed the risk factors associated with academic fatigue among college students. In line with previous workplace research (Mark andSmith, 2011, 2012;Fan and Smith, 2020), the results suggest that most of these factors were positively associated with fatigue. We used hierarchical multiple regressions to confirm the factors that shape academic fatigue.…”

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The effect of exercise on academic fatigue and sleep quality among university students

Chen

et al. 2022

Front. Psychol.

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BackgroundRoutine academic events may cause fatigue and impair sleep quality. This research aimed to examine the prevalence and risk factors for academic fatigue among college students and its adverse effects on well-being and sleep. A brief exercise intervention was also evaluated.MethodsA total of 864 college students (33.5% female) filled out self-reported questionnaires with few open-ended questions. Fatigue and sleep quality were assessed using the translated version of the Smith Well-being Questionnaire and the Chinese version of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Spearman correlations, logistic regression analysis, and t-tests were used to test the hypotheses. In a second study, 29 female participants took part in an exercise intervention aimed at reducing fatigue and improving sleep.ResultsAmong the effective respondents, nearly 40% reported higher academic-related fatigue, and a few reported high-quality sleep. Negative coping styles, workload, stress, and disturbed surroundings had a significant positive predictive effect on academic fatigue. In addition, adverse consequences of fatigue were found for physical health and academic-life balance, and a significant, positive relationship was observed between the degree of fatigue and PSQI score (p < 0.01). The exercise study showed some beneficial effects of the intervention for both sleep and fatigue outcomes.ConclusionFatigue is common and widely reported among Chinese college students, and it may have a major negative impact on their health. Increased awareness of daily academic fatigue and its impact on college students is important for individuals, schools, and society. Exercise may be a simple way to improve sleep and reduce fatigue.

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The effect of exercise on academic fatigue and sleep quality among university students

Chen

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Front. Psychol.

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“…Mental workload has been widely studied in both laboratory [1,2] and occupational settings [3,4,5]. Workload is a multi-dimensional concept involving time, task input load, operator effort, performance or other outcomes [6].…”

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The Relationship Between Workload, Fatigue and Sleep Quality of Psychiatric Staff

Fan

Liu

Smith

2021

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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The present research investigated the relationship between workload, fatigue, and sleep quality of physicians and nurses in psychiatric hospitals by conducting a cross-sectional survey and a diary study. Both studies were conducted in China in early 2021, investigating the effect of workload on fatigue and sleep quality among psychiatric staff in a real-life setting. Study 1 was a cross-sessional survey, investigating 334 responses from physicians and nurses in five psychiatric hospitals, and Study 2 was a diary study examining the association between workload, fatigue and sleep quality in the working week of 48 psychiatric staff. The findings from the first study showed that the staff reported a high workload, and fatigue and poor sleep quality were very prevalent. Workload was the strongest predictor of fatigue. In the diary study, workload and fatigue increased over the week, and sleep quality declined. This research has identified the importance of studying workload and its effects on psychiatric staff.

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“…Fatigue is a common phenomenon experienced in our daily lives, but it is also a complex state involving changes in motivation and emotion, behavior, and information processing ( van der Linden, 2011 ). Although there is no unified definition of fatigue from the last century to the present, there is some consensus that, in terms of consequences, individuals are subjectively symptomatic, feel uncomfortable or fatigued, and are reluctant to engage in further activities, with symptoms including slower reactions, reduced judgment, and deteriorating attention (e.g., Cercarelli and Ryan, 1996 ; Beurskens, 2000 ; Enoka and Duchateau, 2016 ; Fan and Smith, 2020 ).…”

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Effects of mindfulness and fatigue on emotional processing: an event-related potentials study

Fan

Lin

et al. 2023

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Fatigue is a common experience in everyday life. People who experience fatigue will have more intense negative emotions, and at the same time, their positive emotions will decrease, impairing the individual’s emotional processing ability. In previous research, mindfulness meditation reduces the intensity of negative emotional stimuli. However, if individuals continue to be affected by negative emotions when they are fatigued, it is unclear whether mindfulness can buffer the negative association between fatigue and emotions. This study examined whether mindfulness meditation affects the association between fatigue and emotions, using event-related potentials (ERPs). One hundred and forty-five participants completed the experiment. They were randomly assigned to the Mindfulness or Non-mindfulness group; and they were presented with positive, neutral, or negative pictures in an emotional processing task before and after mindfulness or rest. Late positive potential (LPP) is an important indicator of emotional stimuli perceived by individuals, and positive or negative pictures can induce an increase in LPP amplitude more than neutral pictures. Our findings suggest that fatigue significantly affected individuals’ LPP amplitudes in the early, mid, and late windows in the Non-mindfulness group, specifically, the more fatigued individuals had lower LPP amplitudes, but not in the Mindfulness group. These results suggest that in a state of fatigue, mindful individuals are able to maintain responsiveness to emotional stimuli by maintaining LPP amplitude. Our study has demonstrated that mindfulness meditation, to some extent, offsets the negative association of fatigue with the neural activation of emotions.

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Causes of Rail Staff Fatigue: Results of Qualitative Analysis and a Diary Study

Cited by 5 publications

References 55 publications

The effect of exercise on academic fatigue and sleep quality among university students

The effect of exercise on academic fatigue and sleep quality among university students

The Relationship Between Workload, Fatigue and Sleep Quality of Psychiatric Staff

Effects of mindfulness and fatigue on emotional processing: an event-related potentials study

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