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Consequences of shift work and night work: a literature review

Consequences of shift work and night work: a literature review

Silva, Isabel Maria Soares da

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Costa, Daniela

| 2023 | DOI

Artigo de Jornal

Nonstandard work schedules such as shift work and night work tend to trigger problems for workers in different areas. To illustrate the diversity of areas affected and the relative interest of the scientific community, we conducted a literature review of the effects of shift work and night work on workers. In particular, we intended to identify the main variables addressed in the field of health, the family sphere, and the organizational context. The literature review was carried out using the Web of Science with the following terms: “shift work”, “rotating shifts”, and “night work”. Inclusion criteria incorporated empirical studies and articles written in Portuguese or English published in 2019. We selected 129 of the 619 articles identified. Regarding the impacts of shift work and night work, there existed a high discrepancy of focus between the three defined areas: health, family life, and organizational context. Specifically, health-related variables were the most studied (83.4%), followed by organizational variables (9.2%), and, lastly, family variables (7.4%). Based on these results, it is essential to extend the study of the two underrepresented impacts to other crucial areas, not only for the worker but also for organizations.
This work is financed by national funds through FCT-Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the project «UIDB/04647/2020» of CICS.NOVA–Interdisciplinary Centre of Social Sciences of Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Publicação

Ano de Publicação: 2023

Editora: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

Identificadores

ISSN: 2227-9032