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Individual differences in tolerance to shift work – A systematic review

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This paper systematically review literature published investigating the relation between individual differences such as age, gender, personality, morningness/eveningness as well as biological variables and different measures of shift work tolerance from 1998 till 2009 to indicate that young age, male gender, low scores on morningness, high scores on flexibility andLow scores on languidity are related to higher shift workolerance.
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This article is published in Sleep Medicine Reviews.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 387 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Personality & Shift work.

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The Interplay Between Poor Sleep and Work-Related Health

TL;DR: Overall, the determination of sleep difficulties could be used as a substantial health indicator and it is important to implement specific recommendations for each industry in order to improve working conditions for poor sleepers which in turn, improves their health.
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Effects of non-pharmacological interventions on sleep disturbances in night workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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TL;DR: It is suggested that within the context of a youth-services agency such as this, using a mobile app to manage social media accounts is a good idea and may be beneficial to both the agency and the individual.
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Daily stress and sleep associations vary by work schedule: A between- and within-person analysis in nurses.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined bidirectional associations between daily stress and sleep, and moderation by recent shift worker status and daily work schedule among nurses, and found that higher stress after nights with shorter total sleep time and lower self-reported sleep efficiency predicted higher next-day stress.

A Comparative Study of Mental Health and Sleep Problems in Shift Workers and Day Workers of One Gas Refinery in Iran

TL;DR: It seems that although sleep problems are more common in shift workers than in day workers, there were no significant psychological problems between these groups in the sample.
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Chronotyp, Arbeitszeit und Arbeitssicherheit

TL;DR: This study investigated whether the start of working time and the individual chronotype affect sleep duration, and asked employees about their chronotype and normal sleep routine.
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Is there an association between shift work and having a metabolic syndrome? Results from a population based study of 27 485 people

TL;DR: Obesity, high triglycerides, and low concentrations of HDL cholesterol seem to cluster together more often in shift workers than in day workers, which might indicate an association between shift work and the metabolic syndrome.
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PER3 Polymorphism Predicts Sleep Structure and Waking Performance

TL;DR: The data show that this polymorphism in PER3 predicts individual differences in the sleep-loss-induced decrement in performance and that this differential susceptibility may be mediated by its effects on sleep homeostasis.
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Metabolic disturbances in male workers with rotating three-shift work. Results of the WOLF study

TL;DR: A significant association between shift work and lipid disturbances (i.e. low HDL-cholesterol and high triglyceride levels) was found and any association with hyperglycaemia was found.
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Towards a Predictive Test of Adjustment to Shift Work

TL;DR: It is concluded that it may prove feasible to develop a questionnaire that would predict the degree to which people's rhythms would adjust to shift work, and that flexibility of sleeping habits and the ability to overcome drowsiness should be components of such a questionnaire.
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