Vital Working Hour Schemes: The Dynamic Balance between Various Interests

Satisfactory work ability is sustained and promoted by good physical and mental health and by favorable working conditions. This study examined whether favorable and rewarding work-related factors increased the work ability among European nurses. The study sample was drawn from the Nurses' Early Exit Study and consisted of 7,516 nursing staff from seven European countries working in state-owned and private hospitals. In all, 10.8% were day, 4.2% were permanent night, 20.9% were shift without night shift, and 64.1% were shift workers with night shifts. Participants were administered a composite questionnaire at baseline (Time 0) and 1 yr later (Time 1). The Work Ability Index (WAI) at Time 1 was used as the outcome measure, while work schedule, sleep, rewards (esteem and career), satisfaction with pay, work involvement and motivation, and satisfaction with working hours at Time 0 were included as potential determinants of work ability. Univariate and multivariate analyses were conducted after adjusting for a number of confounders (i.e., country, age, sex, type of employment, family status, and other job opportunities in the same area). Work schedule was not related to Time 1 changes in WAI. Higher sleep quality and quantity and more favorable psychosocial factors significantly increased work ability levels. Higher sleep quality and quantity did not mediate the effect of work schedule on work ability. No relevant interaction effects on work ability were observed between work schedule and the other factors considered at Time 0. As a whole, sleep and satisfaction with working time were gradually reduced from day work to permanent night work. However, scores on work involvement, motivation, and satisfaction with pay and rewards were the highest in permanent night workers and the lowest in rotating shift workers that included night shifts.

Section: Psychosocial Characteristics and Shift Work: Interactive Effmentioning

confidence: 66%

Factors Affecting Work Ability in Day and Shift‐Working Nurses

Camerino

Conway

Sartori

et al. 2008

“…As a MeSH descriptor, chronobiology was found to be associated with only 28 (Arendt, 2006(Arendt, , 2007Berge et al, 2005;Burioka et al, 2005a;Caci et al, 2005;Chacon et al, 2005;Drust et al, 2005;Gallerani et al, 2007;Haynes et al, 2005;Kerkhof et al, 2006;Koch & Fischer-Barnicol, 2005;Mehta et al, 2005b;Pevet et al, 2006;Prados et al, 2007;Reinberg et al, 2005;Roach et al, 2006;Rosenwasser et al, 2005;Smolensky, 2005;Steele et al, 2005;Touitou et al, 2006;van Amelsvoort et al, 2006;Waterhouse et al, 2005aWaterhouse et al, , 2005cWaterhouse et al, , 2005dWeinert, 2005;Wittmann et al, 2006;Zavada et al, 2005) out of the 228 references. Hence 87.7% of the chronobiologic references of the sample set could not be retrieved using chronobiology as a MeSH entry.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consistency and Accuracy of the Medical Subject Headings® Thesaurus for Electronic Indexing and Retrieval of Chronobiologic References

Portaluppi

2007

The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability of the National Library of Medicine (NLM)'s Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) thesaurus for electronic indexing and retrieval of published chronobiologic papers. A sample set of 228 recent chronobiologic references was downloaded from the MEDLINE's database together with all MeSH entries associated with them. The following descriptors were analyzed among the headings of obvious chronobiologic relevance: chronobiology, chronobiology disorders, biological clocks, circadian rhythm, chronotherapy, drug administration schedule, periodicity, seasons, sleep disorders/circadian rhythm, and time factors. A comparison was made between the number of references identified by each heading and the number of articles actually pertinent to the same heading (as ascertained after reading each article of the sample set). This made possible an assessment of consistency (retrieved number not less than actual number) and accuracy (retrieved number not greater than actual number) of the usage of each MeSH entry. By reading each article, it was also possible to identify common chronobiologic concepts not yet associated with specific MeSH headings. In the preselected set of chronobiologic references, seasons identified all articles pertinent to seasonal variations and rhythms. However, chronobiology disorders missed 97.6% of its pertinent articles; periodicity, 95.2%; chronobiology, 87.7%; chronotherapy, 70%; time factors, 62.3%; and sleep disorders/circadian rhythm, 47.4%. Drug administration schedule missed 40% of the chronotherapeutic articles and identified 15% of the chronopharmacologic articles; biological clocks missed 24.1% of its pertinent articles and wrongly identified 8.3% of the retrieved articles; and circadian rhythm missed 2.7% of all circadian studies and wrongly identified 8.2% of the articles it retrieved. When used to search chronobiologic articles in the entire MEDLINE database, drug administration schedule, seasons, and time factors appeared to lack sufficient specificity to produce accurate results. Some common chronobiologic concepts were found not to be associated with any specific MeSH heading, namely, chronoepidemiology, chronopharmacology, chronotoxicology, chronotype, entrainment, and masking. For common chronobiologic concepts and definitions, the use of available MeSH headings appears to often yield inconsistent and inaccurate results; moreover, the MeSH thesaurus remains incomplete.

“…We are deeply grateful to the general editors of Chronobiology International; the dissemination of the research from these biannual symposia is invaluable in supporting the goals of the WTS. The Journal has supported this and the previous three meetings (Bohle et al, 2008;Fisher et al, 2004;Kerkhof et al, 2006), and we hope to continue this successful relationship. Finally, we express our warm thanks to the reviewers of the manuscripts for their valuable support and commitment.…”

mentioning

confidence: 53%

“…This variety of expertise is testimony to the multiple ways in which working hours and working time arrangements impact the lifestyle, health, and well-being of workers and their loved ones. This 2010 WTS issue of Chronobiology International builds upon the previous three dedicated issues of the Journal that have been devoted to a wide range of topics of these WTS symposia (Bohle et al, 2008;Fisher et al, 2004;Kerkhof et al, 2006).…”

mentioning

confidence: 98%

INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW—19TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SHIFTWORK AND WORKING TIME: HEALTH AND WELL-BEING IN THE 24-h SOCIETY

Costa

Milia

2010

This dedicated issue of Chronobiology International comprises the partial proceedings of the "19th International Symposium on Shiftwork and Working Time" held August 2009 in Venice, Italy. The key theme of the symposium was "Health and Well-being in the 24-h Society." The topics covered by the 19 peer-reviewed original research papers address the direct and indirect effects of working time arrangement on the circadian system, sleep, performance, safety, and well-being, i.e., work-family conflict, work-ability, and depression--topics that are consistent with the scope of the Journal. The laboratory-based studies utilize well-designed protocols, and the survey studies constitute representative and large sample sizes. This issue builds upon the tradition established by the Journal commencing with the publication in 2004 of the proceedings of the "16th International Symposium on Shiftwork and Working Time" and the three symposia on shiftwork and working hours published thereafter by the Journal.