Short rest between shifts (quick returns) and night work is associated with work-related accidents

Abstract

The aim of this study was to examine whether less than 11 hours between shifts (i.e. quick returns, QRs) and night shifts are associated with self-reported work-related accidents, near accidents or dozing off at work in a sample of nurses. Methods:The study was based on cross-sectional data from 1,784 nurses (response rate=60%; mean age=40.1 yrs., SD=8.4; 91% female). Negative binomial regression analyses were conducted to investigate the association between the shift exposures, and eight different selfreported work-related items on accidents, near accidents and dozing off at work, controlling for demographics and work factors. Results:The number of QRs during a year was positively associated with seven of the eight items on work-related accidents, near-accidents and dozing off at work, and number of night shifts was positively associated with five items. Some of the key findings were that QRs were associated with nurses causing harm to themselves (incidence rate ratio [IRR] = 1.009;

Analyzing the Job Demands-Control-Support Model in Work-Life Balance: A Study among Nurses in the European Context

“…The results of our study indicate that nurses experience greater strain from physical demands than from psychological demands, perhaps because, as Qureshi (2018) warns, direct contact with patients requires high physical effort to lift or move people or heavy objects, maintain tiring or uncomfortable positions, and perform repetitive tasks or movements with one's hands or arms [105]. Similarly, Greenglass et al (2001) and Garrett and McDaniel (2001) suggest that high physical demands may originate from the excessive workload and atypical schedules that include shift work, weekends, and nights [106][107][108][109]. These factors cause an imbalance between professional and personal demands, which manifests as lower organizational commitment, exhaustion, work stress, dissatisfaction, and, directly related to the object of this research, a worse personal-professional life balance [110].…”

Auswirkungen verkürzter Ruhezeiten auf Gesundheit und Work-Life-Balance bei Vollzeitbeschäftigten: Ergebnisse der BAuA-Arbeitszeitbefragung 2017

“…Langfristig sind Schlafstörungen und Erschöpfungssyndrome (Åkerstedt und Kecklund 2017;Dahlgren et al 2016;Härmä et al 2018) sowie ein erhöhtes Risiko für eine Arbeitsunfähigkeit durch Krankheit (Vedaa et al 2017b) zu beobachten. Negative Auswirkungen ergeben sich auch für das Unfallrisiko und die Fehlerrate (Folkard und Lombardi 2006;Nielsen et al 2019;Vedaa et al 2019). Dadurch kann es nicht nur zur Gefährdung der Beschäftigten selbst kommen, sondern auch zu Risiken für unbeteiligte Dritte, wie z.…”

“…Dadurch kann es nicht nur zur Gefährdung der Beschäftigten selbst kommen, sondern auch zu Risiken für unbeteiligte Dritte, wie z. B. Patientinnen und Patienten (Bernstrøm et al 2019;Vedaa et al 2019). Neben gesundheitlichen Risiken betrachten weitere Studien auch mögliche Auswirkungen auf die Vereinbarkeit und Work-Life-Balance von Beschäftigten.…”

Slik påvirker skiftarbeid sykepleieres søvn og helse

“…Sammenhengene mellom nattskift og ulykker besto selv da vi statistisk kontrollerte for kjønn, alder, sivil status, det å ha hjemmeboende barn, stillingsprosent og antallet quick returns. En mulig mekanisme bak sammenhengene er at quick returns og nattarbeid gir for liten tid til restitusjon, og at det å jobbe natt i seg selv øker risikoen for uhell eller ulykker fordi døgnrytmen da tilsier at vi skal sove (39).…”

“…2018/2019 ble det publisert fem nye vitenskapelige artikler(39)(40)(41)(42)(43) fra SUSSH i internasjonale tidsskrifter. Disse artiklene omfatter temaer som arbeidsnarkomani og arbeidsrelaterte ulykker, quick returns eller nattarbeid og arbeidsrelaterte ulykker og hodepine, og hvorvidt hodepine er forbundet med turnusarbeid.…”