Investigation of Shift Work Disorders among Security Personnel
,
Abstract
In today’s advanced world resulting from the improvement of technology, societies tend to encounter a large number of problems and accidents. As we know, university’s security personnel are classified as shift workers and are exposed to health disturbing factors. The aim of this study was investigation of shift work disorders among security personnel of the hospitals Affiliated to Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Central. This case-control study was conducted among 130 security personnel as well as 130 unexposed employees among the security guards working day shifts and the office workers. The unexposed individuals were not working in shifts, but were similar to the shift workers regarding age and health status. Data were collected using SOS (Survey of Shift Workers) questionnaire as well as measuring height, weight, and blood pressure of the shift workers in their work shifts. The findings revealed a significant difference between the two groups regarding the increase in blood pressure, sleep disorders, dissatisfaction in individual, family, and social lives, as well as increase in psychological, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and musculoskeletal disorders. Moreover, these disorders were significantly higher among the shift workers. The study results suggest the necessity to pay more attention to the shift workers’ needs and problems, involving them in planning the shift schedules, and improving their working conditions.
Monk TH, Leng VC, Folkard S, Weitzman ED. Circadian rhythms in subjective alertness and core body temperature. Chronobiologia 1983; 10(1): 49−55.
Monk TH, Kupfer DJ. Which aspects of morningnesseveningness change with age? Journal of Biological Rhythms 2007; 22(3): 278-80.
Soehner AM, Kennedy KS, Monk TH. Personality correlates with sleep-wake variables. Chronobiology Int 2007; 24(5): 889- 903.
Lehtimäki A, Helander M and Pessi AM. Circadian periodicity of airborne pollen and spores; significance of sampling height. Aerobiologia 1991; 7(2): 129-135.
Spengos K, Tsivgoulis E, Tsivgoulis A, Zakopoulos N, Vemmos KN. Circadian and Seasonal Distribution of Cardioembolic Strokes Due to Atrial Fibrillation. Hellenic J Cardiol 2004; 45: 234-241.
Beers T M. Flexible schedules and shift work: replacing the '9 - 5' workday? Monthly Labor Review 2000; 123(6): 33-40.
Zamanian Z, Mohammadi H, Rezaeeyan MT, Dehghani M, An investigation of shift work disorders in security personnel of 3 hospitals of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences. Iran Occupational Health 2012; 9(1): 52-57.
Barton J, Folkard S, Smith LR, Spelten LR, Spelten ER, Totterdell PA. Standard shiftwork index manual. (Retrieved Feb. 2007) http://www.workingtime.org/images/3/31/SSIMAN.doc
Dwyer G, Davis SE. ACSM's health-related Physical Fitness Assessment Manual. 2nd ed. Wolters Kluwer ILIppincott Williams & Wilkins, USA, 2008; 111-124.
Motamedzade M, Ghazaiee S, Combined Effects of Noise and Shift Work on Workers’ Physiological Parameters in a Chemical Industry. Scientific Journal of human University of medical Sciences 2003; 27(1): 39-46.
Sakata K, Suwazono Y, Harada H, Okubo Y, Kobayashi E, Nogawa K. The relationship between shift work and the onset of hypertension in male Japanese workers. J Occup Environ Med 2003; 45(9):1002–6.
Oishi M, Suwazono Y, Sakata K, Okubo Y, Harada H, Kobayashi E. A longitudinal study on the relationship between shift work and the progression of hypertension in male Japanese workers. J Hypertens 2005; 23(12): 2173–8.
Inoue M, Morita H, Inagaki J, Harada N. Influence of differences in their jobs on cardiovascular risk factors in male bluecollar shift workers in their fifties. Int J Occup Environ Health 2004; 10(3): 313–8.
Colligan MJ, Rosa RR. Shiftwork effects on social and family life. Occup Med 1990; 5(2): 315-22.
Colligan MJ, Frockt IJ, Tasto DL. Frequency of sickness absence and worksite clinic visits among nurses as a function of shift. Applied ergonomics 1979; 10(2): 79-85.
Smith L, Folkard S, Poole CJM. Increased injuries on night shift. The Lancet 1994; 2(8930) 1137–1139.
Morikawa Y, Nakagawa H, Miura K, Soyama Y., Ishizaki M, Kido T, Naruse Y, Suwazono Y, Nogawa K. Shift work and the risk of diabetes mellitus among Japanese male factory workers, Scand. J. work Environ. Health 2005; 31(3): 179-183.
Morikawa Y, Nakagawa H, Miura K, Soyama Y, Ishizaki M, Kido T, Naruse Y, Suwazono Y, Nogawa K. Effect of shift work on body mass index and metabolic parameters. Scand J Work Environ Health 2007; 33(1): 45-50.
Barger LK, Lockley SW, Rajaratnam SM, Landrigan CP. Neurobehavioral, health, and safety consequences associated with shift work in safetysensitive professions. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2009; 9: 155–164.
Yamasaki F, Schwartz JE, Gerber LM, Warren K, Pickering TG. Impact of shift work and race/ethnicity on the diurnal rhythm of blood pressure and catecholamines. Hypertension 1998; 32: 417–423.
Lo SH, Liau CS, Hwang JS, Wang JD. Dynamic blood pressure changes and recovery under different work shift in young women. Am J Hypertens 2008; 21: 759–764.
| Files | ||
| Issue | Vol 4 No 2 (2012) | |
| Section | Original Article(s) | |
| Published | 2015-10-11 | |
| Keywords | ||
| Shift work SOS questionnaire Hospital Security personnel | ||
| Rights and permissions | |
|
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. |
