Shift work and respiratory infections in health-care workers
Recently, there has been interest in whether shift work may enhance susceptibility to infection. Our aim was to determine whether shift workers in the health-care field have a higher incidence, duration, and/or severity of influenza-like illness (ILI) and acute respiratory infection (ARI) than non-shift workers. From September 2016 to June 2017, 501 rotating and/or night-shift workers and 88 non-shift workers from the Klokwerk+ Study (the Netherlands, 2016-2017) registered the occurrence of ILI/ARI symptoms daily using a smartphone application. The incidence rate of ILI/ARI (defined as ≥2 symp... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Schlagwörter: | acute respiratory infection / health-care workers / infection susceptibility / influenza-like illness / night-shift work / occupational health / respiratory infection / shift work / Shift Work Schedule/adverse effects / Humans / Middle Aged / Male / Occupational Diseases/epidemiology / Respiratory Tract Infections/epidemiology / Incidence / Young Adult / Health Personnel/statistics & numerical data / Adult / Female / Netherlands/epidemiology / Epidemiology / Journal Article / Research Support / Non-U.S. Gov't |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26836174 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://dspace.library.uu.nl/handle/1874/391945 |