Attitudinal, circadian, circumstantial, and subject selection explanations of shiftwork effects on health

The competing explanations for adverse health symptoms commonly observed in night-shift workers can be divided into "correlational" and "causational" groups. This study monitored health claims and costs over 3 years for all shifts in seven industrial plants and administered a sur...

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Published inJournal of occupational medicine Vol. 36; no. 1; p. 66
Main Authors Singer, B, Terborg, J, Mayer, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1994
Subjects
Adult
Attitude to Health
Circadian Rhythm
Female
Humans
Job Satisfaction
Male
Occupational Diseases - psychology
Safety
Social Environment
Social Support
Somatoform Disorders - psychology
Work Schedule Tolerance
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Summary:The competing explanations for adverse health symptoms commonly observed in night-shift workers can be divided into "correlational" and "causational" groups. This study monitored health claims and costs over 3 years for all shifts in seven industrial plants and administered a survey canvassing a range of behavioral and attitudinal dimensions. Shift workers differed from day workers in symptomatology and health claims, and, in their feelings of support from management, safety attitudes, and practices, felt support from friends and family, alcohol and tobacco use, and other dimensions. Because shiftwork was associated with adverse health effects but these other measured dimensions were not, the explanation that health effects are due to shiftwork itself rather than to its attitudinal or demographic correlates is supported.
ISSN:0096-1736