Factors related with the ability to maintain wakefulness in the daytime after fast and forward rotating shifts

• Published in: The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences Vol. 29; no. 11; pp. 611 - 616
• Main Authors: Chang, Yu-San, Wu, Yu-Hsuan, Su, Shu-Fang, Hsu, Chung-Yao, Chen, Hsiang-Lan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China (Republic : 1949- ) Elsevier B.V 01.11.2013; John Wiley & Sons, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Cognitive function; Corticosteroids; Female; Humans; Internal Medicine; Neuropsychological Tests; Nurse; Pituitary hormones; Psychiatric hospital care; Psychiatric hospitals; Shift work sleep propensity; Sleep deprivation; Taiwan; Wakefulness; Work Schedule Tolerance; Young Adult; Taiwan; Shift work sleep propensity; Cognitive function; Nurse

Abstract The aim of this study was to explore changes in cognitive function, sleep propensity, and sleep-related hormones (growth hormone, cortisol, prolactin, and thyrotropin) and to investigate the factors related to the ability to maintain wakefulness in the daytime after one block of fast forwar...