Working time and sleep in nursing staff employed in "3 x 8" and "2 x 12" fast rotating shift schedules
Castellini, G.; Anelli, M.M.; Punzi, S.; Boari, P.; Camerino, D.; Costa, G.
Giornale Italiano di Medicina del Lavoro Ed Ergonomia 33(3 Suppl): 334-338
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1592-7830 PMID: 23393870 Document Number: 650871
The study is aimed at assessing, in 200 nurses shift workers, the impact on sleep of two different working areas ("emergency" and "hospitalization") having the same "3 x 8" shift system, and of two different shift schedules at quick rotation ("2 x 12" and "3 x 8") in the same working area ("emergency"). Night and morning shifts prove to interfere to a greater extent with sleep in relation to both "2 x 12" and "3 x 8" shift systems as well as to the two operative areas. Hence the importance to consider in shift work planning, the direction of shift rotation and the length of the duty period according to the type of activity.