Physiological, biochemical, and psychological responses in air traffic control personnel: Comparison of the 5-day and 2-2-1 shift rotation patterns

Melton, C E; McKenzie, Janice M.; Smith, Roger C.; Polis, B. D.; Higgins, Edward

doi:10.1037/e535332008-001

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“…Urine was analyzed for 17 -ketogenic steroids ( st), epinephrine (e), and norepinephrine ( ne), and creatinine (cr). 5 In this report, results are expresse.d as micrograms per 100 milligrams of cr. From these results stress indices were calculated as described in an earlier publication.…”

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confidence: 99%

Stress in air traffic controllers: Effects of arts-III

Melton¹,

Smith²,

McKenzie³

et al. 1976

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Section: Methodsmentioning

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Stress in air traffic controllers: Effects of arts-III

Melton¹,

Smith²,

McKenzie³

et al. 1976

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“…These studies compared stress levels, mood variations, subjective sleepiness, and the sleep logs of controllers on different shift rotation patterns to determine whether certain schedules caused problems for them. The results of these studies showed that, generally, there was no significant difference between the controllers' stress levels on different shifts, but night work caused highly rated subjective sleepiness and reduced hours of sleep during the work week (Melton, 1985;Melton et al, 1973;Melton et al, 1975;Saldivar, Hoffmann, & Melton, 1977;Smith, Melton, & McKenzie, 1971). demonstrated that shift workers never overcome the negative effects of shift work and that shift work insomnia is a persistent problem for those who are afflicted with it.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Controllers work a variety of shift work schedules, but some studies by the Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI) in the 1970s and 1980s indicated a controller preference for the type of rotation patterns that are now known to induce circadian dysrhythmia (Melton, 1985). These studies also indicated that controllers were actually experiencing some of the adverse effects characteristic of internal disassociation (Melton, 1985;Melton et al, 1973;Melton et al, 1975;Saldivar, Hoffman, & Melton, 1977).…”

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Human Circadian Rhythms and the Shift Work Practices of Air Traffic Controllers

McAdaragh¹

1995

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This research investigates human circadian rhythms and describes how they are affected by different types of shift work rotation patterns. Past studies have indicated that air traffic controllers prefer to work the type of rotation patterns that induce the negative result of circadian dysrhythrnia. It has been established that workers experience decrements in performance from this condition. Recently, an alternate work schedule has allowed controllers to work new various rotation patterns, some of which disrupt circadian processes even more than previously preferred schedules. A descriptive analysis of controller work schedules from randomly selected facilities indicates that 16% of controllers are working the most disruptive type of schedules and that another 29% are working other dysrhythmia-inducing shift rotations. It is concluded that performance deficiencies are highly probable among these controllers and that tests should be conducted to determine the significance of the effect.

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“…Analyses of urine specimens were carried out for l7-ketogenic steroids (l7 -KGS) , epinephrine (E) , norepinephr ine ( NE), and creatinine (CR) as previously reported ( 1). Values for the three stress indicator hormones (SIR) are expressed as the creatinine-based ratio (SIll wt/lOO zig creatinine) .…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%