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Shift Work, Quality of life and Work Capacity among tunisian nurses - Couverture souple

Merchaoui, Irtyah; Chaari, Neila; Mnassri, Ahlem

 
9783330841345: Shift Work, Quality of life and Work Capacity among tunisian nurses
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3330841346 ISBN 13 : 9783330841345
Editeur : Noor Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

Aging issues at work including shift work has continued to grow over the past twenty years. A differential approach to different occupational groups has showed that the final last years of employment are painful in the health care sector because of shift work . Its tolerance depends on the capacity of each population to face job strain . The aim of our study is to evaluate the influence of shift work on work capacity of hospital nurses , and to identify its influence on their quality of life. It’s a cross sectional study conducted over 15 months ,involving a representative sample of 293 nurses working in 2 university hospitals It included an evaluation of physical capacity through different tests allowing the evaluation of the maximum hand grip strength (grip strength), joint flexibility, respiratory capacity (peak flow), strength of the lower limbs (sitting and standing test)and postural controle (balance test).Cognitive ability was performed with the manual dexterity test (O'Connor), the Corsi cubes test, the reaction time test and the Stroop Victoria test.The study was completed by a questionnaire exploring the ability of work(WAI), Karasek scale and quality of life.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Aging issues at work including shift work has continued to grow over the past twenty years. A differential approach to different occupational groups has showed that the final last years of employment are painful in the health care sector because of shift work . Its tolerance depends on the capacity of each population to face job strain . The aim of our study is to evaluate the influence of shift work on work capacity of hospital nurses , and to identify its influence on their quality of life. It’s a cross sectional study conducted over 15 months ,involving a representative sample of 293 nurses working in 2 university hospitals It included an evaluation of physical capacity through different tests allowing the evaluation of the maximum hand grip strength (grip strength), joint flexibility, respiratory capacity (peak flow), strength of the lower limbs (sitting and standing test)and postural controle (balance test).Cognitive ability was performed with the manual dexterity test (O'Connor), the Corsi cubes test, the reaction time test and the Stroop Victoria test.The study was completed by a questionnaire exploring the ability of work(WAI), Karasek scale and quality of life.

Biographie de l'auteur

Academic Occupational Health physician in the school of Medicine of Monastir,ergonomist.Research domains focusing on mental health at work and on premature aging at work.

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Éditeur
Noor Publishing
Date d'édition
2016
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3330841346
ISBN 13 
9783330841345
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
52
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