Commentary on “Characterization of Sleep Patterns and Problems in Healthcare Workers in a Tertiary Care Hospital”

Freire, Amado X.; Sultan-Ali, Ibrahim

doi:10.1097/smj.0000000000000042

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“…Yet, it is only recently that workplace fatigue has emerged as a concern as it relates to healthcare providers, including OTs, themselves [9]. The existing fatigue literature relating to healthcare workers focuses almost exclusively on hours of work and shift work [10,11]. However, the vast majority of the close to 16,000 occupational therapists in Canada [12] do not work shifts.…”

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Occupational therapists’ experience of workplace fatigue: Issues and action

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Pashniak

2017

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This background paper is an important first step to raising awareness among OTs, guide key stakeholders regarding contributing factors to, and consequences of, OTs' workplace fatigue, and set research direction. Knowing which factors influencing workplace fatigue are shared across healthcare professionals and which are unique to OTs can also help organizations develop more tailored workplace fatigue risk reduction programs. This review concludes with a list of existing guidelines and tools for developing workplace fatigue risk assessment and management programs relevant to occupational therapists.

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confidence: 99%