Shift work's effects on health andwell-being - a literature review
Koivu, Ville (2015)
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu
2015
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http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201504305554
http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201504305554
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The purpose of the thesis is to review the available literature about shift work and its effects on occupational health and work-wellbeing. Also, the thesis will cover basic information and concepts about shift work, loading factors of work and methods for coping in shift work.
The method used in this thesis was systematical review and the databases used for literature search were PubMed, Science Direct, OVID and EBSCO. Used search key terms were “Shift work” plus following variables: AND “occupational health”, AND “work well-being” AND “coping methods”.
Summarization of results was done with table which includes following things: author(s) of the article, type of the article and publishing year, patients or subject(s), main aims of the article and main results of the article.
There are multiple effects shift work has on health and well-being, such as sleeping disorders and increase in stress levels and work itself is a loading factor. There is a lot to be done to ease the effects, but it remains as a challenge to the employee to do all required actions. Studies or articles listed in this thesis support the fact that shift rotations and preventive actions should be done in cooperation with occupational health care, employer and employee. Even though the thesis holds a large amount of information about shift work and its effects on health and well-being, the reader should keep in mind that there might be some errors in study quality or language and context.
The method used in this thesis was systematical review and the databases used for literature search were PubMed, Science Direct, OVID and EBSCO. Used search key terms were “Shift work” plus following variables: AND “occupational health”, AND “work well-being” AND “coping methods”.
Summarization of results was done with table which includes following things: author(s) of the article, type of the article and publishing year, patients or subject(s), main aims of the article and main results of the article.
There are multiple effects shift work has on health and well-being, such as sleeping disorders and increase in stress levels and work itself is a loading factor. There is a lot to be done to ease the effects, but it remains as a challenge to the employee to do all required actions. Studies or articles listed in this thesis support the fact that shift rotations and preventive actions should be done in cooperation with occupational health care, employer and employee. Even though the thesis holds a large amount of information about shift work and its effects on health and well-being, the reader should keep in mind that there might be some errors in study quality or language and context.